Here are the latest numbers reported to Marsha Hardy on 10-22-2021 per the Department of State Health Services [DSHS] for San Saba County:
1. New Confirmed and Probable Cases entered on 10-21-21: 0
2. Confirmed Cases Reported since 10-07-2021: 13
3. Confirmed Cases Reported since 9-21-21: 43
So, in the last 30 days, San Saba County has reported 43 cases of Active COVID-19; with 13 of them being reported in the last 15 days (0 of them on Thursday, October 21th).
At the upcoming vaccine clinics, both Moderna and Pfizer vaccines will be available for 1st or 2nd shots, as well as booster shots. The first clinic is scheduled on Thursday, November 18th, and will be held at the San Saba Civic Center. You can go online to the newspaper’s website or the San Saba County Emergency Management site on Facebook to sign up, or here’s the link: <signupgenius. com/go/10c0c49aba92aa0f4c43- sansaba>.
You can also call Marsha Hardy (325-372-8570) to sign up. A second vaccine clinic is scheduled Thursday, December 16th. This way if anyone receives a primary dose of vaccine in November, they can get their second dose a month later.
Everett’s Pharmacy is offering vaccinations on a limited schedule; you can call them to find out which vaccines they have on hand and when they will be vaccinating.
The influenza vaccine is now available at the pharmacy and the clinics in town; it can be taken without interfering with the COVID vaccine so “timing” the vaccines is not necessary.