Clark County Fairgrounds Becomes COVID-19 Vaccination Site

Ridgefield, WA — As of Sunday, the Washington State Department of Health opened up appointments for COVID-19 vaccination at the Clark County Fairgrounds. 

Clark County Public Health provided additional information today about the vaccination site:

• The state only had appointments available for this week (Tues-Fri), and those slots filled up quickly. We’re hearing they intend to add appointment slots for future dates in the coming days.
• Appointments at the fairgrounds can be made for first or second doses. If you’re going for your second dose, you need to bring the card indicating the date of the first dose and the type of vaccine.
• The fairgrounds site will administer Pfizer vaccine.
• The fairgrounds is a drive-thru site.  

If you have questions about the fairgrounds site or need help scheduling an appointment, you can call the state COVID call center, 1.800.525.0127, then press #.  If you can’t reach the hotline via that number, you can call the state’s alternate number, 888.856.5816. 

You can also visit the state website: https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/COVID19/VaccineInformation/MassVaccinationSites 

Vaccine supply continues to be very limited, according to the health department. There are more people eligible than there is vaccine available. 

Latest Clark County COVID-19 numbers:

• 305 new cases over the weekend – average 102 cases/day Fri-Sun
• 16,502 cases to date
• 4 new confirmed deaths
• 170 total deaths to date (156 confirmed, 14 suspect)
• 709 active cases (in isolation period)
• 55 COVID-19 patients hospitalized
• 5 people hospitalized awaiting COVID-19 test results

Here is additional information about the new confirmed deaths:

• Woman 80+ years old with underlying conditions
• Man in his 40s with underlying conditions
• Man in his 70s with underlying conditions
• Man 80+ years with underlying conditions

A confirmed death means COVID is listed as cause of death or contributing factor on the death certificate and the case has a positive COVID test. A suspect death means COVID is not listed as a contributing factor on the death certificate (but wasn’t ruled out as cause of death) and the person died after testing positive for COVID within 28 days.