About 90 out of about 90 vulnerable residents and 80 health care workers received the first dose of the Pfizer / Bioentech vaccine at John Knox Village, the senior living community said.
The 88-year-old Vera Leap has lived there for 16 years. She was among the first seniors in Florida to be vaccinated on Wednesday.
Leap was scheduled to take his dose around 9 a.m., but his vaccination was delayed until the government arrived on Decentes around 1 p.m.
Descentis walked away without taking reporters’ questions.
Across the state, the epidemic has hit seniors hard.
Florida’s Covid-19 cases account for 14% of the population of 65 and older, while they account for about 83% of all deaths from 20,000+ coronaviruses in the state, according to data from the Florida Department of Health.
And 39% of deaths in the state’s Covid-19 are linked to long-term care facilities – including residents and health care workers.
Now, the state is in the grip of a new infection after Thanksgiving.
Since Thanksgiving, there has been a 37% increase in hospital admissions to Covid-19 in Florida, according to the COVID tracking project.
DeSentis announced last week that at least 21,450 vaccine doses will go into long-term care facilities, with more expected in the coming days.
According to the Florida Health Care Association, those initial 21,450 doses went to care facilities in the two counties.
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