Scott County still among top counties in vaccines given

While Missouri continues to increase the number of COVID-19 vaccines, Scott County remains one of the top-10 counties in the state for percentage of residents who have received the vaccine.

According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 8.9% of Missourians have received at least one dose of the vaccine with 154,270 receiving doses in the last week. Just under 3% have received two doses of the vaccine.

As of Tuesday morning, Scott County is sixth in Missouri with 14% of residents receiving a dose of the vaccine. In Scott County, 6,357 doses have been given to residents with 5,373 receiving one dose and 978 receiving both doses. In the past week, 847 doses have been given to Scott County residents.

Both New Madrid County and Mississippi County have seen a rise in those receiving vaccinations with 10.9% of residents in New Madrid County and 10.2% of residents in Mississippi County receiving at least one dose.

In New Madrid County, 1,881 doses have been given with 1,609 receiving their first dose and 272 receiving both doses. In Mississippi County, 1,548 doses have been given to residents with 1,348 receiving their first dose and 200 getting both doses. In the last week, 534 doses have been given to Mississippi County residents while 498 have been given to New Madrid County residents.

Just 8.7% of Stoddard County residents have received a dose of the vaccine, with 2,923 residents receiving a shot. In Stoddard County 2,536 residents have received one dose of the vaccine while 386 have received both doses. Only 471 doses were given to Stoddard County residents in the last week.

Nationwide over 42 million doses of the vaccine have been administered with over 32 million receiving their first dose and nearly 10 million receiving both doses.

New website

In order to help Missourians receive a COVID-19 vaccine, the state launched a secure registery tool. The Missouri Vaccine Navigator will allow individuals to register for a vaccine by completing a questionnaire to determine their eligibility based on Missouri’s priority phases.

Those who register will be notified up on activation of each phase and alerted when they become eligible. Individuals will then be able to seek vaccination from their health care provider if they have vaccines available or view mass vaccination events and other providers in their area.

Many local health departments also have signups.

Those in Scott County wanting to sign up for the vaccine can at https://www.scottcountyhealth.com/covid-waiting-list.php.

Those in New Madrid County wishing to receive the vaccine can sign up at: http://www.newmadridcountyhealthdept.com/covid-waiting-list.php

Those in Stoddard County wishing to receive the vaccine can sign up at: http://www.stoddardcountyhealth.com

Local cases

In the last week, the Scott County Health Department has reported 34 new cases while 34 have recovered. One death was also reported, the 76th in the county since the pandemic began in March of 2020.

Currently there are 482 active cases of the virus in Scott County with 3,253 having recovered.

There has been five new cases reported in Mississippi County since Friday, with the number of active cases increasing from 16 to 21. Deaths remained the same with 29 while 1,277 are out of isolation.

There is currently one active case at the Southeast Correctional Center in Charleston, Missouri.

There are 36 active cases currently in Stoddard County with 2,926 having recovered along with 62 deaths.

As of Tuesday morning the New Madrid County Health Department’s last update was Jan. 28.