Six months of mass COVID vaccine clinics by the Putnam County Department of Health will be coming to an end on June 22nd. The single dose J & J vaccine will be administered for anyone 18 and older at their remaining clinics. 

Vaccination rates in Putnam continue to be about 4 percentage points above the New York state average, with 59 percent of Putnam residents of all ages having received at least one dose. 

Meanwhile COVID case numbers continue to decline; fewer tests are being performed; less contact tracing is being conducted; and fewer contacts need to quarantine.  The pandemic has not ended, but County officials say to a large degree, it has been tamed. 

More than 20,000 vaccines were administered at 74 point-of-dispensing clinics.