photo by: Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health
March 22 COVID-19 update from the health department.
Data from four local health organizations showed that more than 29,000 first-dose COVID-19 vaccines were administered in Douglas County as of Thursday.
In total, data from the four distributors – LMH Health, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, Heartland Community Health Center and Haskell Indian Health Center – showed that 29,322 first doses and 15,517 second doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered.
This is an increase of 3 674 first doses and 2 543 second doses since the province last reported information on the distribution of vaccines to the Journal-World on 11 March. Last week was the first time Johnson & Johnson vaccines were distributed in Douglas County, and 266 doses were administered.
The most recent data on the distribution of vaccines show that the four above-mentioned organizations administered 29,322 of the 33,505 first doses they received, or about 87.5%. The four organizations also administered 15,517 of the 20,567 second doses, or about 75.4%.
With the first and second doses, the four organizations in Douglas County administered 44,839 doses as of Thursday. This is an increase of 6,217 doses since the data was last reported on March 11th.
Douglas County reported 8,836 cases of COVID-19 on Monday, an increase of 24 cases since the data was reported last Thursday.
According to Douglas County, 8,586 of the 8,836 cases are inactive or out of the contagious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, which means 250 cases are active.
The country has averaged about 7 new cases a day over the past 14 days, according to a 14-day graph updated by the health department on weekdays. The current average of 7.14 new cases is the lowest moving average the country has seen since the summer and is lower than a recent high of about 71 cases per day in early January.
Douglas County has a 14-day COVID-19 incidence of 83.13 per 100,000 people and a test positivity rate of 2%. Test positivity rates are 6.8% in Lecompton, 4.8% in Eudora, 1.8% in Lawrence and 0% in Baldwin City. Four patients at Lawrence Hospital had COVID-19 on Monday, the same number as on Thursday. To date, 80 Douglas County residents have died from COVID-19.
Anyone who has not yet completed Douglas County’s vaccine interests form can do so online at dgcoks.org/vaccineinterestform. Any residents with questions about COVID-19 or the form of vaccine interests can call the Douglas County Helpline at 785-864-9000.
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect the correct number of inactive cases.