Douglas County’s health department has been administering COVID-19 vaccines to about 280 people a day during its weekday clinics at LMH Health, according to data from Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health. Of those roughly 280 people per day, around 63 are receiving their first COVID-19 ...
Douglas County reported 9,254 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 18 cases since Friday. In Douglas County, 9,063 out of the 9,254 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 191 cases are active. The county has ...
Data from local health organizations showed that more than 54,000 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in Douglas County as of Thursday. Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health reported that 54,258 first doses and 44,924 second doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered. ...
Douglas County reported 9,226 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, an increase of 10 cases since Monday. In Douglas County, 9,022 out of the 9,226 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 204 cases are active. The county has ...
Douglas County reported 9,216 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 11 cases since Friday. In Douglas County, 8,986 out of the 9,216 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 230 cases are active. The county has ...
As of 9 a.m. on Friday, 55,395 Douglas County residents had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). Last week, KDHE told the Journal-World that 56,658 Douglas County residents had received at least one dose of a ...
People who received only one COVID-19 vaccine dose at a Douglas County mass vaccination clinic will be notified about when and where to make their second appointments, the health department said Thursday. Wednesday was the county's final mass vaccination clinic, but vaccination efforts will ...
Douglas County reported 9,194 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, an increase of 13 cases since Monday. In Douglas County, 8,982 out of the 9,194 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 212 cases are active. The county has ...
Douglas County hosted its last mass COVID-19 vaccination event on Wednesday after more than three months of clinics. Since Jan. 29, Douglas County has held 26 mass vaccination clinics at the Douglas County Fairgrounds and administered around 55,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Prior to the ...
Douglas County reported 9,181 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 29 cases since Friday. In Douglas County, 8,964 out of the 9,181 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 217 cases are active. The county has ...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Monday that Kansas would resume administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine had been paused on April 13 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the ...
Douglas County distributed fewer than 1,000 first doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the past week, the smallest distribution the county has had since it began reporting vaccine distribution information to the Journal-World on Feb. 12. According to data from local health organizations, 50,889 ...
As of 9 a.m. on Wednesday, 56,658 Douglas County residents had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. But Douglas County’s local health officer, Thomas Marcellino, said that despite the community’s progress — ...
Douglas County reported 9,131 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, an increase of 27 cases since Monday. In Douglas County, 8,953 out of the 9,131 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 178 cases are active. The health ...
Not only is an appointment for a COVID vaccine no longer as rare as a winning lottery ticket, but appointments soon won’t be required at all in Douglas County. LMH Health next month will start hosting a five-day-per-week drive-thru clinic at the hospital that will allow people to get a ...
Another Douglas County resident has died from COVID-19, according to the county health department, bringing the total number of COVID-19-related deaths in the county to 87. The new death was a woman in the 55-to-64 age range who was not hospitalized at the time of death, health department ...
Data from four local health organizations showed that more than 50,000 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in Douglas County as of Thursday. Altogether, data from the four distributors — LMH Health, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, Heartland Community Health Center ...
Douglas County reported 9,042 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, an increase of 13 cases since Monday. In Douglas County, 8,806 out of the 9,042 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 236 cases are active. The health ...
Douglas County's health officers are proposing a new health order that would keep the mask mandate in place, eliminate the mass-gathering limit and provide more flexibility about the occupancy rules for businesses and venues. The health order will go before the Douglas County Commission on ...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said it will pause administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine following an announcement from national health organizations on Tuesday morning. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug ...