Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Ontonagon vaccination rate at 25%

By RICHARD JENKINS

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HANCOCK — More than 25% of Ontonagon County residents over the age of 16 have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the latest vaccine numbers that the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department released Monday.

A total of 1,291 people, or 25.6%, have received the needed vaccinations, according to the WUPHD. Another 1,615 of the county’s 5,003 residents over the age of 16 have received their first vaccination dose. Nine hundred and ninety seven of the county’s 2,154 residents over the age of 64 have received both doses of the vaccine...