• Children as young as 6 months old are now eligible for updated COVID-19 boosters.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the boosters, which use a formula that targets the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and newer strains of the virus, for children as young as six months old.
Children ages 0-5 who have completed their two-dose primary series using the Moderna vaccine are eligible for a Moderna bivalent booster at least two months after their second dose, while those who received Pfizer may use the updated booster as the third dose of their primary series.
Children who have already received three doses of the Pfizer vaccine are not yet eligible for the new boosters.
• Allen, Auglaize, Hardin, Putnam and Van Wert counties remain at high risk, according to CDC community level ratings. The latest CDC data show an estimated 31.8 new hospital admissions per 100,000 people in Allen County in a seven-day period, while the percentage of staffed inpatient beds occupied by patients with COVID illness has increased to 8.5%.
• There were three additional deaths attributed to COVID-19 reported in the five-county region in the last seven days, including one in Auglaize County, one in Hardin County and one in Van Wert County, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
• Allen County Public Health will continue offering updated COVID-19 boosters and influenza vaccines at its off-site immunization clinic from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays at Clock Tower Plaza, 927 N. Cable Road, Lima, in suites 195 and 200, through Friday, Dec. 30. The clinic will be closed on Monday, Dec. 26, in observance of Christmas.
Allen County
Cases ` 32,601 ` +212
Deaths ` 498 ` 0
Recovered ` 31,445 ` +93
Auglaize County
Cases ` 13,704 ` +91
Deaths ` 193 ` +1
Recovered ` 13,200 ` +48
Hardin County
Cases ` 8,490 ` +48
Deaths ` 166 ` +1
Recovered ` 8,172 ` +27
Putnam County
Cases ` 9,548 ` +34
Deaths ` 163 ` 0
Recovered ` 9,253 ` +22
Van Wert County
Cases ` 7,949 ` +56
Deaths ` 158 ` +1
Recovered ` 7,661 ` +28
Ohio
Cases ` 3,276,630 ` +16,719
Deaths ` 40,747 ` +103
Recovered ` 3,186,524 ` +11,349
Recovered defined as symptom onset more than 21 days prior, not deceased. Only verified deaths included now.
Source: coronavirus.ohio.gov
Updated 2 p.m. 12/15/22
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