Alexandria getting 11K COVID-19 vaccine doses this week, residents asked to register

Alexandria will get 11,110 COVID-19 vaccine doses this week, according to the Alexandria Health Department.

“This does not include additional vaccine supplies from federal programs provided directly to participating pharmacies and Alexandria’s federally qualified health center, Neighborhood Health,” according to AHD.

Residents are encouraged to pre-register with the city to get on the vaccine waitlist at alexandriava.gov/Vaccines or call 703-746-4988 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

To date, 130 city residents have died of COVID-19, and 11,277 have contracted the virus, according to the Virginia Department of Health. That’s 200 more cases since this time last week, and the city’s seven-day moving average is now 33.

Across Virginia, there have been 10,360 deaths and there are or have been 635,552 cases of the virus. There have also been 6.7 million PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and the state’s seven-day positivity rate is 6.1%.

Vaccine Update

According to VDH, 51,948 residents have gotten at least one shot and 29,412 residents have been fully vaccinated. There are now about 20,000 residents on the waiting list.

White residents far outpace other races in the city for first doses and full vaccinations.

• White — 14,342 first doses, 9,727 fully vaccinated
• Latino — 5,438 first doses, 2,741 fully vaccinated
• Black — 3,243 first doses, 2,001 fully vaccinated
• Other — 2,784 first doses, 1,866 fully vaccinated
• Asian of Pacific Islander — 1,206 first doses, 659 fully vaccinated
• Native American — 157 first doses, 73 fully vaccinated

Women have received 29,928 first doses and 15,080 have gotten their second shot, while 21,966 men have received their first doses and 11,941 have been fully vaccinated.The following age groups received their vaccinations:

• 80+    — 2,967 got one dose, 2,392 fully vaccinated
• 70-79 — 6,795 got one dose, 5,490 fully vaccinated
• 60-69 — 8,916 got one dose, 5,840 fully vaccinated
• 50-59 — 8,410 got one dose, 4,099 fully vaccinated
• 40-49 — 8,686 got one dose, 4,245 fully vaccinated
• 30-39 — 10,476 got one dose, 4,888 fully vaccinated
• 20-29 — 4,999 got one dose, 2,262 fully vaccinated
• 10-19  — 778 got one dose, 224 fully vaccinated
• 0-9     — No Vaccines distributed

Demographics

There are or have been 5,839 women (with 62 deaths) and 5,383 men (with 68 deaths) in Alexandria with the virus. The only age groups that have not experienced a death are children and teenagers.

• 80+    — 54 deaths, 272 cases
• 70-79 — 33 deaths, 356 cases
• 60-69 — 20 deaths, 845 cases
• 50-59 — 15 deaths, 1,342 cases
• 40-49 — Four deaths, 1,884 cases
• 30-39 — Three deaths, 2,603 cases
• 20-29 — One death, 2,287 cases
• 10-19  — Zero deaths, 845 cases
• 0-9     — Zero deaths, 820 cases

Latino residents have the most infections with 3,703 reported cases (19 deaths), white residents with 2,950 cases (63 deaths), and Black residents with 2,403 cases (39 deaths). There are 562 cases with Asian or Pacific Islander residents (five deaths), 378 cases classified as “other” (two deaths) and 12 native American cases (no deaths).

Photo via ARHA