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12,300 Vaccinated In Pinellas; 3,262 Positive In Past 7 Days
Pinellas will begin vaccinating residents age 65 and older on Tuesday.
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL —After being selected as part of the pilot program to provide vaccines to skilled nursing facilities, Pinellas County announced that it was provided the Pfizer vaccines to 68 facilities, immunizing 6,700 staff and residents.
Additionally, the county has provided vaccines to emergency medical service, fire rescue and other health care personnel.
More than 12,300 people have been vaccinated in the Pinellas County to date.
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The county will offer both a first and second dose of the vaccine in the skilled nursing facilities starting next week in a continuation of the pilot program.
Its next priority is setting a vaccine plan for those who are 65 years old or older. The county will launch this effort on Tuesday, Jan. 5.
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The reservation system is expected to go live at noon on Monday, Jan. 4. The county will provide information on how to reserve a time at a designated vaccination location once those details become available.
Visit to the Department of Health-Pinellas County website updates.
In the meantime, the county's mandatory face mask and social distancing protocols remain in place.
As of Saturday, 45,246 residents have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began with 3,328 hospitalized and 1,052 deaths.
On Friday, 417 residents tested positive. On Thursday, 885 residents tested positive. In the past seven days, 3,262 residents tested positive for the coronavirus. The current positivity rate in Pinellas County is 10.11 percent.
- St. Petersburg 16,936 cases
- Clearwater 8,895 cases
- Largo 4,931 cases
- Palm Harbor 3,047 cases
- Seminole 2,456 cases
- Pinellas Park 2,237 cases
- Tarpon Springs 1,641 cases
- Dunedin 1,402 cases
- Oldsmar 851 cases
- Safety Harbor 678 cases
- Clearwater Beach 382 cases
- Gulfport 348 cases
- Kenneth City 206 cases
- South Pasadena 187 cases
- Indian Rocks Beach 181 cases
- Belleair 170 cases
- Madeira Beach 112 cases
- Belleair Beach 72 cases
- Tierra Verde 64 cases
- Crystal Beach 57 cases
- St. Pete Beach 50 cases
- North Redington Beach, 42 cases
- Treasure Island 38 cases
- Bay Pines 26 cases
- Pasadena 22 cases
- Lealman 14 cases
- Belleair Bluffs 8 cases
- Johns Pass Village 7 cases
- Redington Beach 7 cases
- Redington Shores 7 cases
- Ozona 7 cases
- Indian Shores 4 cases
- Indian Rocks Beach 3 cases
- Pass-A-Grille 1 case
Positive coronavirus tests in Pinellas County
Courtesy DOH
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