10% of kids aged 5-11 in Waterloo Region have now had a dose of COVID-19 vaccine
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After just three days, Waterloo Public Health says 10 per cent of children aged five to 11 from the area have received a dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
After just three days, Waterloo Public Health says 10 per cent of children aged five to 11 from the area have received a dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Friday was the first day that clinics began providing shots to this age group. About 4,800 have received their first dose.
The addition of this age group means that 77.97 per cent of all area residents have now had at least one dose of vaccine while 74.99 per cent of Waterloo Region’s population is now fully vaccinated.
The latter number will begin to climb rapidly in 60 days when these kids become eligible for a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Overall, Waterloo Public Health says there have now been 926,097 doses given in the area, 5,793 more than was reported on Friday.
There are 453,871 residents of the region who have had two jabs of the needle, which is 490 more than was announced on Friday.
Waterloo Public Health no longer reports on weekends so Monday’s dashboard update is a three-day total.
On the other side of the ledger, Waterloo Public Health reported 60 new positive tests for the coronavirus, raising the total number of cases in the area to 20,893. This is well down from a week ago when the three-day total was 98.