Augusta Health and fitness Vaccine Clinic Update: November 22, 2021

In partnership with the Central Shenandoah Health and fitness District (CSHD), Augusta Wellness continues local community vaccinations for COVID-19.

Present Vaccination Dose Rely at Augusta Health:

• Total doses provided at Augusta Health Vaccination Clinics: 102,167
• Group member totally-vaccinated at AH Vaccination Clinics: 45,227
• Boosters 14,753
• Youngsters age 5-11 1,144

Present Problem
Our neighborhood quantities and studies stay constant just in advance of the holiday getaway weekend.

Our Augusta Health tests positivity rate is 14%. Our existing inpatient COVID-19 census is 10, with two fatalities about the earlier 7 days. The percentage of our COVID-19 clients who are significant treatment/ICU level clients is 40% of hospitalized COVID clients.

In the 24 several hours preceding 9:00 am on Monday, November 22, 9 new favourable instances of COVID have been diagnosed at Augusta Well being screening web sites.

You should vaccinate, put on masks indoors even if vaccinated, clean hands often and keep socially distant from many others when possible—especially during indoor Thanksgiving gatherings.

Thanksgiving Feelings
At Thanksgiving, we all pause to recall the reasons we have to be grateful. There are so lots of matters we have acquired because the begin of the pandemic—things that give us hope. This Thanksgiving, we are grateful that:

• We know how to care for COVID individuals.
• We know who is susceptible and how to guard them.
• We have COVID vaccines that can prevent hospitalization and death.
• The COVID vaccines are safe and sound, absolutely free and commonly available.
• Herd immunity is acquiring as a result of both vaccines and infections.
• We know that putting on masks and social distancing can secure others when COVID is commonplace.
• We have monoclonal antibodies that cut down hospitalizations.
• A new oral anti-viral medicine (Molnupiravir) is coming, which cuts down hospitalizations by 50%.

We wish you a wholesome and delighted Thanksgiving.

Vaccination Eligibility
Augusta Overall health is vaccinating anyone age 5 and older who lives, operates or goes to school in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are authorized for men and women age 18 and in excess of. Pfizer vaccine is authorized for people age 5 and older a father or mother or lawful guardian will have to be existing to consent…