Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
All adults 18 years or older eligible
The vaccine clinic will be held at Crossroads Pavilion in Sheldon on Tuesday, April 6.
O'Brien County Public Health will hold its first vaccination clinic for the general public on April 6.
As of Wednesday morning, six time slots were still open. Individuals 18 years of age and older that would like to receive the first dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine are eligible to register. The clinic will be held at Crossroads Pavilion Event Center, 301 34th Ave., in Sheldon.
Previous vaccination clinics were open only to individuals in certain qualifying professions and those older than 65. People attending next week's event will be informed when they need to return for their second dose. Visit obriencountyvaccineclinic.as.me/schedule.php to schedule an appointment online. Consent forms will be available at the clinic, and individuals are asked to bring a driver's license or employee ID to their appointment.
O'Brien County Public Health is asking participants to not come early, as space is limited. Masks are required and social distancing will be enforced. Once the shot is administered, participants will be observed for 15 minutes afterwards to monitor for any immediate side effects. Each appointment is expected to last 20-25 minutes.
• Positivity rates decline locally
COVID-19 positivity rates declined in O'Brien and Clay counties during the past week.
O'Brien County's seven-day positivity rate declined from 6 percent on March 23 to 4 percent on March 30. Clay County's dipped from 12 percent to 8 percent over that same time period. Statewide numbers were basically unchanged, increasing from 4.3 percent to 4.4 percent.
Coronavirus-related deaths were unchanged in O'Brien and Clay counties at 58 and 25, respectively. Those numbers have been the same for the past six weeks. Statewide, there have been 5,729 fatalities, up from 5,683 last week.
Confirmed infections since the pandemic began tallied 2,067 in O'Brien County, 2,119 in Clay County and 379,215 statewide. Recoveries in that same order were 1,772, 1,813 and 332,970.
As of Sunday, there were 186 coronavirus-related hospitalizations in Iowa, up from 185 the previous week. O'Brien County and Clay County had one hospitalization apiece.
Clay County has initiated 2,285 vaccine series and completed 4,285, while O'Brien County has initiated 1,554 series and completed 2,499. Statewide, there have been 347,184 vaccine series initiated and 590,104 completed, including administered doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. According to state's coronavirus data website, neither O'Brien County nor Clay County has administered the one-shot vaccine yet.
