PFIZER BOOSTER SHOTS AT HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY

The Allegany County Health Department continues to offer COVID-19 vaccines today at the Willowbrook Road Office Complex. From 9 a.m. to noon, the first and second doses of the Moderna and the single-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccines will be available. From 1 to 4 p.m., initial courses and booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine are being offered. As of October 7th, there were 234 new COVID cases and two deaths. The local positivity rate is about three times the state rate. Allegany County’s rate is 10.41 per cent, while the state is at 3.88 per cent. As of Monday, 45.2 per cent of Allegany County residents were fully vaccinated against COVID-19, compared to 65.2 per cent of all Maryland residents.