The Grundy County Health Department continues to work within the county and Region H to help residents receive the COVID-19 vaccine as active cases within the county continue to decline.
According to information provided Monday morning, Grundy County has three active cases and while no new cases were added over the weekend, there were a total of 34 new cases reported in the month of February. There have been a total of 1,056 cases since the pandemic began nearly a year ago, with 815 confirmed cases and 241 probable cases. Forty Grundy County residents have died due to the virus. Missouri is now showing new antigen positive results (probable cases) on its data dashboard. Antigen positive results accounted for 40 percent of new cases in the past seven days. Probable cases are still excluded from the total number of cases on the dashboard.
GCHD Administrator Elizabeth Gibson said the health department administered 100 primary doses of vaccine in a clinic held Friday and will have an additional 100 doses available this week. Residents may call the health department at 359-4196 to make an appointment or to be contacted for Tier 3 clinics. Gov. Mike Parson has announced that Missouri will move to vaccine priority group Phase IB-Tier 3 on March 15, a priority group that includes educators and staff in K-12 settings and critical infrastructure workers. Ms. Gibson said Harrison County will be the site of this week’s mass vaccination clinic, which will be held Saturday, March 6. This is a first-dose clinic and individuals can register online using Vaccine Navigator at covidvaccine.mo.gov.navigator or may call the Missouri hotline at 877-435-8411.
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