Johnson & Johnson vaccines coming to Cape Cod
About 600 doses will be administered Tuesday and 600 more on Thursday in the Cape Cod Community College gymnasium.
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The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will start being administered on Cape Cod.
Barnstable County officials said Thursday that they will dispense 1,200 doses of the one-shot vaccine next week during two clinics at Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable, the Cape Cod Times reported.
About 600 doses will be administered Tuesday and 600 more on Thursday in the college gymnasium.
Cape officials are calling the arrival of the J&J vaccine a game-changer.
Also Sunday, state health officials reported 41 new confirmed deaths, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths since the start of the pandemic to 16,085.
The state also reported nearly 1,300 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, pushing its confirmed caseload to nearly 559,000.
The true number of cases is likely higher because studies suggest some people can be infected and not feel sick.
There were fewer than 700 people reported hospitalized Saturday because of confirmed cases of COVID-19.
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