Almost 25 percent of Vance County residents are at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a weekly data update from Granville-Vance Public Health. Beginning April 7, any adult is eligible to get the vaccine, following an announcement from Gov. Roy Cooper to open up the shot to Group 5.
GVPH Director Lisa Harrison said as of Thursday, March 25, GVPH has administered 20,606 vaccines including 14,218 first doses and 6,388 second doses. There are several second-dose clinics scheduled for next week that will boost the vaccination of fully vaccinated residents even higher, the report stated.
In Granville County, almost 23 percent of the population is at least partially vaccinated.
“As we heard on health director calls and press conferences (Thursday), North Carolina has continued to make progress on vaccinating each priority group and many counties (like ours) are ready to progress into Group 5. We look forward to welcoming any and everyone who needs and wants a vaccine to our clinics and are grateful for our partner providers of vaccine in the two-county district,” Harrison stated in the weekly update.
Gov. Cooper loosened some COVID-19 restrictions, effective at 5 p.m. Friday, Mar. 26, to allow higher occupancy in restaurants and bars, among other businesses. The state’s mask mandate, however, remains in effect.
Transportation is available through KARTS (Kerr Area Transportation Authority) free of charge to vaccine locations seven days a week. Check out KartsNC.com or call 252.438.2573.
Call the COVID-19 hotline 252.295.2503 to make an appointment in either county.
There have been 5,496 cases of COVID-19 in Granville County and 4,569 cases of COVID-19 in Vance County for a total of 10,065 across the health district.
At this time, 77 deaths have been reported as a result of COVID-19 in Granville County; 85 deaths have been reported in Vance County.
Visit the NCDHHS COVID-19 Dashboard to see statewide COVIDF-19 data. Relevant graphs from these dashboards are available on the local health department website at https://gvph.org/covid-19_dashboard/.
To learn more about restrictions currently in place in North Carolina and the phased approach to lifting those restrictions, please visit Staying Ahead of the Curve.