Bucks Co. Vaccine Clinics Set 1-Week Record

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Bucks County's COVID-19 vaccination clinics set a new record for number of shots given last week, despite one location closing as officials study the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

On Saturday, the county's four remaining clinics finished their busiest week yet, giving 14,189 doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

That brought the total by all Bucks County providers, including hospitals and pharmacies, to 343,204 doses. In all, 133,696 people had been fully vaccinated in Bucks County and another 89,085 had received a single dose of a two-dose vaccine.

On Tuesday, Bucks County canceled all appointments at its mass-vaccine site in Warwick. The closure at the clinic, which exclusively gives the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, came after the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. Food and Drug Administration called for a pause.

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The agencies are investigating instances of blood clots. Six patients — all women between ages 18-48 — have reported blood clots out of more than 6.8 million Johnson & Johnson doses administered.

The closure ran through the end of the week and, in all, about 6,500 appointments were postponed.

After some early bumps, the number of vaccinations being given in Bucks County has ramped up dramatically in the past few weeks. By comparison, 13,847 doses were administered at Bucks clinics during the last week of March and just 2,975 were given at those clinics the final week of February.

In the early days of its vaccination program, Bucks County complained about the limited supply of vaccine it was receiving from state health officials, who, in turn, blamed an insufficient amount of vaccine they were getting from the federal government.