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Sheridan County added 37 lab confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, bringing the total count to 4,149 lab confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
Also over the weekend, another 18 probable cases have been reported. That total now stands at 1,247.
Currently there are 156 active cases in the Sheridan County Community and 49 deaths of Sheridan County residents attributed to COVID-19.
There are currently 12 patients in the hospital fighting the virus. COVID-19 Public Information Officer Jennifer Graves reports 68 residents have recovered from the virus over the weekend.
The Associated Press reports that U.S. regulators are delaying their decision on Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for 12 to 17-year-olds while they study the rare risk of heart inflammation.
According to Moderna, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told the pharmaceutical company on Friday evening that its review could last until January.
Moderna reported it will delay filing a request for emergency-use authorization of a lower dose of the vaccine for 6- to 11-year-olds.
According to the AP, heart inflammation is an exceedingly rare risk of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and is more commonly seen in young men or boys. It’s difficult for clinical trials to detect such a rare problem. And public health officials have repeatedly stressed that COVID-19 itself can cause heart inflammation at higher rates than the rare cases caused by the vaccine.
In the U.S., the Moderna vaccine is authorized for people 18 and older.
Moderna said more than 1.5 million adolescents around the world have received its vaccine and that the number of heart inflammation reports “does not suggest an increased risk” for those under 18.
U.S. children from 12 to 17 can get the vaccine produced by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech and on Friday the FDA paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine pending review and suggestions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC lists Sheridan County’s level of community transmission of COVID-19 as HIGH.
More COVID-19 information is available at www.sheridancounty.com/covid-19/.
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Last modified: November 1, 2021