Here is the estimated wait time for the COVID-19 vaccine in Forsyth County

FORSYTH COUNTY, GA – As the UK approves a COVID-19 vaccine for use this week and Peach State prepares for deployment, The New York Times, Surgo Foundation and Ariadne Labs have developed a way to calculate the number of people who will need a vaccine in each state and county – and where Forsyth County residents might fit in that row.

For example, an average 40-year-old Forsyth County resident with no specific work or health-related circumstances would be behind 268.7 million people across the United States online, according to the study.

In Georgia, the projection would be behind 8.6 million others who are more at risk, in a state of more than 10 million people. In Forsyth County, 159,700 would be ahead of you in a county of approximately 244,000 people.

But these caveats make a difference.

The same person with higher risk health conditions will have a shortened line, behind around 702,500 in Georgia and 11,700 in Forsyth County. A healthy first responder would be 557,100 on the state-level line and 9,100 in Forsyth County.

No matter where you find yourself in the line, Georgia is preparing to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.

Earlier this week, Governor Brian Kemp again extended Georgia’s state of public health emergency on Monday until January 8, 2021 and extended current restrictions on coronaviruses. A new addition to the renewed order includes guidelines for the distribution of the pending coronavirus vaccine.

The decree includes changes that allow nurses and pharmacists to administer COVID-19 vaccine on hold, including at a drive-thru, and allows any nurse or pharmacist to observe patients for the required 15-minute window after receiving the vaccine. The decree runs until December 15, 11:59 p.m., unless it is extended.

Georgia set a one-day record on Friday by reporting 5,023 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, marking the first time since the start of the pandemic that the daily total has exceeded 5,000. The previous record, set July 24, was at its height. of the summer surge, was 4,782.