The Vermilion County Health Department reported late Friday that six new cases of COVID-19 have been found in the county. It means a total of 10,133 positive cases have been diagnosed in Vermilion County since the pandemic began early last year.
The six new cases, according to Vermilion County Health Department Administrator Douglas Toole, include one person in their 70s, one in their 60s, two in their 50s, one in their 20s, and a teenager.
Vermilion County has lost 153 residents to COVID-related deaths since the pandemic began.
Of the six new cases, Toole says none of them said that they were fully vaccinated. So far this year there have been nine fully-vaccinated Vermilion County residents who have been hospitalized for COVID-related reasons. Of those nine people, four received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, two received the Moderna vaccine, and the other three had received the Pfizer vaccine.
Three of the 85 people in Vermilion County who died from COVID-related reasons so far this year were fully vaccinated.
Toole continues to say the vaccinations save lives. The Vermilion County Health Department’s next vaccination clinic will be at the Health Department from 10:00 a.m. until noon on August 11th. It will offer the Moderna vaccine. And another Moderna vaccination clinic will take place at the Health Department on September 8th from 10:00 a.m. until noon.
