Delta variant continues to take over southwest Missouri; health leaders report more vaccinations - KY3

According to the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, the impact the Delta variant has had on the community has motivated some people to get vaccinated more than before.

“We have seen how aggressive and transmissible the variant is because it went from very low numbers in the hospital to the highest numbers that we’ve seen in a matter of three or four weeks,” said Katie Towns the director of the Greene County Health Department.

Around 44% more Greene County residents got vaccinated this week compared to the week before, according to the health department.

“We just want to keep reiterating the fact that there’s vaccine really readily available throughout Springfield and Greene County, and we hope that people will take advantage of that,” said Towns.