(KLZA)-- Community Medical Center CEO Ryan Larsen reported during the hospitals weekly COVID-19 update that more than half of the senior citizens 65 and older have received at least one dose of COVID vaccine.
Just over 53 percent of Richardson County seniors 65 and older have received at least their first does of the vaccine, with 21 percent of the residents of Richardson County have received both doses of the vaccine.
Larsen said reaching the halfway threshold on vaccinating seniors will allow the vaccine to be given to a broader group of people in the coming weeks including essential workers such as utility workers and educators.
Emergency Management Agency Director Brian Kirkendall said there were 46 active cases of COVID-19 in Richardson County currently.
Larsen said there was only one person hospitalized in Falls City with COVID as of Monday.
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