Hospital Capacity In Avon Lake, Avon + COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics

Morning, Avon and Avon Lake! Let's get you started this Thursday with everything you need to know going on around town.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy with flurries. High: 37 Low: 29.

Here are the top stories in Avon-Avon Lake today:

1. The ongoing increase of COVID-19 hospitalizations continues to add stress to hospital systems across the country. See how hospitals around Avon and Avon Lake are coping. (Avon-Avon Lake Patch)
2. Lorain County Public Health is changing its COVID-19 vaccine clinic schedule for January.
   Vaccines and boosters will now be available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., at their offices at 9880 S. Murray Ridge Road in Elyria. (Avon-Avon Lake Patch)
3. Lake Road will be resurfaced this summer in Avon Lake. (Chronicle Telegram)

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Today in Avon-Avon Lake:

• Republican Club January Meeting with Chief of Police Jack Hall & Coach Dave (5:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Cleveland Clinic: "The majority of the COVID-19 patients in our hospitals in December were not vaccinated. While we are seeing more breakthrough infections, many of them can be handled at home, and not in a hospital. Get vaccinated, get your booster, socia..." (Instagram)
• Avon Lake Police Department: "Today is the first day you can submit your app to take the Avon Lake Police Officer Civil Service exam! App packets can be found online or in-person 8 am-4:30 pm at City Hall, 150 Avon Belden Road, 2nd Floor (this is the same location yo..." (Facebook)

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