Oakland County Holding COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics for School-Age and College Students
Pontiac, Michigan – Oakland County is holding school-based COVID-19 vaccine clinics as students return to classes this month. The Oakland County Health Division will also administer COVID-19 vaccine at the Arts, Beats and Eats Festival in Royal Oak Labor Day weekend. Public health nurses will be on hand at 301 W. 4th St. from noon – 5:00 p.m. Friday, September 3 – Monday, September 6 to vaccinate individuals on a walk-in basis. For more information, go to OaklandCountyVaccine.com.
The Health Division is offering school-based clinics to school-age and college students because there are 51,000 Oakland County residents from the ages of 12 to 19 years old who have not received their COVID-19 vaccination. In addition, there are about 66,000 residents 20-29 years old who are not immunized. Greater than one in three new COVID-19 cases in Oakland County from August 16-29 were residents 29 years and younger.
The county will hold a walk-in clinic at the Troy School District Service Building on Thursday, September 9 from 3:00-7:00 p.m. at 4420 Livernois Rd. On Friday, September 10, there will be another clinic at the Rochester Community Schools Administration Building at 601 W. University Dr. from 3:00-6:00 p.m.
Oakland County Health Division is working closely with Oakland County colleges and universities including Lawrence Technological University, Oakland Community College, Oakland University, and Rochester University to offer COVID-19 vaccines to their students over the next two months.
The Oakland County Health Division is holding daily vaccine clinics from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at both its North Oakland Health Center in Pontiac and South Oakland Health Center in Southfield in addition to pop-up clinics in the community. Click on OaklandCountyVaccine.com to locate the nearest Health Division vaccine clinic. Those who do not have access to the Internet may call the Nurse on Call at 800-848-5533 Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. for more information.
The following is an update on progress vaccinating Oakland County residents, according to the State of Michigan COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard as of August 31, 2021:
Total eligible residents 16 and older: 1,029,737
- Number of residents 16 and older who have received first dose: 746,382
- Number of residents 16 and older who have completed vaccination: 693,159
- Vaccine coverage for residents 16 and older: 72.5 percent
Total eligible residents 12 and older: 1,091,389
- Number of residents 12 and older who have received first dose: 778,694
- Number of residents 12 years and older who have completed vaccination: 721,172
- Vaccine coverage for residents 12 and older: 71.3 percent
Total eligible senior residents 65 and older: 217,676
- Number of senior residents who have received first dose: 187,529
- Number of senior residents who have completed vaccination: 178,973
- Vaccine coverage for senior residents: 86.2 percent
Total doses distributed within Oakland County: 1,512,805
- Total doses administered within Oakland County: 1,445,176
- Percentage of doses administered within Oakland County: 95.5%