Vanderburgh Coronavirus Vaccinations Top 75,000

Evansville IN

07 June, 2021

11:22 AM

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By John Gibson, WNIN June 7, 2021 Vaccinations against COVID-19 have topped 75,000 in Vanderburgh County. The Indiana Department of Health announced 241 more local residents have joined the ranks of fully vaccinated. The increase pushed the local total to 75,064. While the rate of vaccinations has slowed in recent weeks, triple-digit increases are still reported most days in Vanderburgh County. The last daily count above 1,000 was May 7th. Statewide, the department of health tallied nearly 16,000 new full vaccinations on the Friday dashboard. Two more COVID 19-related deaths are reported in western Kentucky. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.