Update on the Philly Vax Giveaway and Dr. Bettigole’s Open Letter on the COVID Delta Variant
PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Department of Public Health reported today that 14,711 additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered since the last report on Thursday, June 17, 2021. This brings the total number of fully vaccinated city residents to at least 693,885, and the number of Philadelphia residents with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at 874,278. Currently, 55.9% of Philadelphia adults are fully vaccinated, and 70.4% of city adults have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“In early May, President Biden set an ambitious goal in which 70 percent of adults should receive at least the first dose of the COVID vaccine by July 4, and I am very proud that Philadelphia has achieved this goal several weeks in advance ”, said Mayor Jim Kenney. “We will not be satisfied until all of the Philadelphians who can get vaccinated receive this life-saving vaccine, but I want to take a moment to thank the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, other city agencies, and the many partners who have helped us. get to this point. This milestone is also due in large part to Philadelphians who care about taking care of themselves, their families and their communities. “
The Department of Public Health reports that 81 COVID-19 patients are currently being treated in Philadelphia hospitals, with a total of 14 on respirators.
In the past two weeks, 1 percent of COVID-19 tests have tested positive. So far, during the pandemic, 144,711 Philadelphia residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 3,722 have succumbed to the virus. Philadelphia is seeing an average of 30 new COVID-19 cases per day in the past two weeks.
Get vaccinated in the Unity Cup draw: On Tuesday, June 22, members of the public can receive their COVID-19 vaccination at the 2021 Unity Cup raffle event from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Lloyd Hall Recreation Center. Everyone 12 years and older is eligible and people do not need an appointment and the vaccine is free.
Philly Counts, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health commit to outreach on the importance of vaccination at Unity Cup events during the summer months, in order to provide our immigrant community with not only the information and tools they need to make an informed decision about the COVID-19 vaccine, but also to make the vaccine even more accessible to them.
The Unity Cup is a World Cup-style tournament that will take place over several months, with the opening match scheduled to begin on Friday, August 27. The Unity Cup unites the city’s neighborhoods and celebrates the diverse immigrant communities through soccer.
Philly Vax Sweepstakes Winners: The first Philly Vax sweepstakes drawing was held today, picking twelve potential winners, six from the selected zip code: 19126, and the University of Pennsylvania team is contacting the winners by phone, email, and mail to check your vaccination status. As a reminder, if a selected winner has not received their vaccine at the time of the drawing, they will not be eligible for the incentive. In that case, another name will be drawn and the process will begin again. The City expects to announce the winners at an event later this week.
Second draw of Philly Vax: In order to continue the Philly Vax drawings, the team has randomly selected another of the least vaccinated ZIP codes in Philadelphia to be the ZIP code that will enter the second drawing. The zip code selected for the second drawing of the Philly Vax contest is 19133. On Tuesday, July 6, twelve entries will be chosen, six from the 19133 zip code and six from the rest of the city. The prize breakdown for the second drawing is the same as for the first drawing: two $ 50,000 winners, four $ 5,000 winners, and six $ 1,000 winners, divided between the selected zip code and the rest of the city. Philadelphia residents are encouraged to get vaccinated if they haven’t already done so to be eligible to win. Residents of code 19133 are especially encouraged to get vaccinated because their chances of winning are greater.
The Acting Health Commissioner writes an open letter to Philadelphia residents warning of the Delta variant of COVID-19 and highlighting the importance of receiving the second dose of the vaccine: In response to the rapidly increasing number of cases of the new Delta variant in the UK, Acting Health Commissioner Dr Cheryl Bettigole published An open letter to the people of Philadelphia on the Delta variant of COVID-19. No cases of this variant of the virus have been found in Philadelphia. The Delta variant has been found to be more transmissible and younger people are at higher risk of being hospitalized. The best way to protect yourself against the Delta variant is to fully vaccinate against COVID-19, receiving both doses of the vaccine.
The full letter can be found on the City’s COVID-19 site. here.
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