Health officials say almost all Allegheny County seniors are vaccinated against covid, at least in part.

Almost all older people in Allegheny County have been vaccinated at least partially against covid-19, a virus that has attacked older people, including people in both local and national care facilities, officials said. It was.

Dr. Debra Bogen, director of health at Allegheny County, mentioned a milestone after visiting the UPMC vaccine and testing clinic on the South Side of Pittsburgh on Tuesday, with at least one “nearly 100%” of residents aged 65 and over. He said he had received one injection.

“These vaccines really work,” Bogen said. “These are what we really need to overcome this virus.”

Throughout the state, healthcare providers have been vaccinated more than 11.2 million times, with nearly 61% of all Pennsylvania residents receiving the first vaccination. Approximately 57.5% of residents over the age of 18 are fully vaccinated.

The Department of State’s Vaccine Data Dashboard categorizes the age group narrower than “65+”.Breakdown For partial and complete vaccinations For all Pennsylvania over 65:

• 65-69 years: 19.4% partially covered, 68% fully covered
• 70-74 years: 20.2% is partially covered and 72.3% is fully covered
• 75-79 years: 15.6% is partially covered and 70.9% is fully covered
• 80-84 years: 15.4% is partially covered and 71.1% is fully covered
• 85+: 15.4% is partially covered and 65.4% is fully covered.

In Westmoreland County, the breakdown is as follows:

• 65-69 years: 17% partially covered, 67.6% fully covered
• 70-74 years: 19% partially covered, 70.4% fully covered
• 75-79 years: 14.2% is partially covered and 67.2% is fully covered
• 80-84 years: 14.2% partially covered, 69.4% fully covered
• 85+: 14.5% fully covered, 66.7% fully covered

Governor Tom Wolf said last month that he would lift the state’s masking obligations when 70% of adults were fully vaccinated, and since then 70% have been fully vaccinated or either on June 28. It was updated earlier.

Dr. Dennis Johnson, a deputy doctor who also visited the Southside Clinic, said she believes the state can still reach the 70% benchmark by June 28.

“It really depends on the Pennsylvania going on (to get vaccinated) at the speed we had,” she said.

She said that even if the benchmark was visible, the promotion of vaccination would not stop.

“We know that there are areas where vaccination rates are lower than the total number in Pennsylvania,” Johnson said. “When you reach that number, it won’t stop.”

She said people were still ill and people were still dying.

On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health reported 453 new cases of the virus, with a current total of over 1.21 million. Over 500 people were hospitalized throughout the state, and 130 were in the intensive care unit. An additional 24 deaths were reported, bringing the total to 27,514.

Dr. Donald Jerry, Chief Medical Officer of UPMC, said the “majority” of people admitted to UPMC hospitals for covid-19 were either unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated. .. He said that there are sometimes completely vaccinated people who are hospitalized with the virus, the so-called breakthrough cases.

“We knew it would happen,” he said. “It doesn’t mean that it’s a vaccine failure in general. This can happen for a variety of reasons. Most of those people have another underlying condition that allows them to understand why. And they are still doing better than what we’ve seen before. “