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Health officials announce 340 more cases of COVID-19

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    • The Covid 19 indoor vaccination facility at the Kern County Fair Grounds has been operating but an outdoor drive through facility has been built at the Fair Grounds and will greatly increase the capacity to vaccinate when it opens. Michelle Corson, Public Relations Officer/Kern County Public Health, Tom Beckett, site coordinator at the Kern County Fairgrounds Covid 19 vaccination facility and Kern County Fire Department Battalion Chief Bill Steers were on hand to give a tour and answer question about the expansion of the vaccination facility at the fair grounds. A huge next step at the facility will be the opening of a 14 lane drive through vaccination that will greatly increase the number of people that will be able to be vaccinated when it opens. Currently a walk up indoor site is serving to vaccinate people at the Kern County Fairgrounds. Photos by Freelance photojournalist, Henry A. Barrios

    The Kern County Public Health Department confirmed Wednesday 340 new cases of COVID-19 in Kern, brining the total to 132,826.

    Health officials also confirmed one more COVID-19-related death, bringing the total to 1,597.

    Since Jan. 21, 2021, unvaccinated people make up 97.41 percent of Kern’s cases and 97.75 percent of Kern’s hospitalizations.

    As of Oct. 11, 816,510 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to Kern County residents. And 390,541 or 51.8 percent of Kern’s eligible population have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to Michelle Corson, the communications officer for the Kern County Public Health Department.

    As of Monday, Kern County has 243 COVID-19 related hospitalizations and 80 are in the ICU.

    Those interested in becoming vaccinated can schedule an appointment at the County’s mass vaccination site at the Kern County Fairgrounds.

    Walk-ins will be welcomed, but residents are encouraged to make an appointment at www.myturn.ca.gov. Additionally, an interactive map that includes vaccination locations throughout Kern County can be accessed through Kern County Public Health’s website

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