Dozens of COVID-19 vaccine doses are available at a local pharmacy.

Pharmacy Innovations, located at 863 Fairmount Ave., Jamestown, has 80 doses of the Moderna vaccine that need to be used by Tuesday.

Courtney Messina, Pharmacy Innovations quality assurance director, said the vaccine is free to those who want to sign up, which can be done online by visiting pharmacyinnovations.net or by calling 484-1586. She said people receiving the vaccine will have their second shot appointment scheduled during their visit. The pharmacy is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Messina said the pharmacy is also offering COVID-19 rapid and PCR tests as well.

According to the Chautauqua County Health Department’s website, the only COVID-19 vaccine clinic available the rest of April will be taking place from 2-7 p.m. Friday, April 30, at the Mina-Findley Lake Community Center, located at 2883 North Road, Findley Lake. The administering agency is Kinney Drugs. The Pfizer vaccine being administered. New York state residents 18 years and older may attend, and participants must show identification and bring their insurance card. Transportation assistance is available for this clinic by calling NY Connects at 753-4582 or Community Connections at Findley Lake 769-2473.

27 NEW COVID CASES

New COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Chautauqua County, but hospitalizations have dipped.

The county Health Department on Thursday recorded 27 new confirmed cases from information collected on Wednesday. Of those, six come from Jamestown, four in Falconer, three each in Dunkirk and Fredonia, two each in Gerry, Lakewood and Stockton, and one each in Cherry Creek, Mayville, Ripley, Sherman and Westfield.

The county also noted one new virus-related death.

To date there have been 8,809 total confirmed cases, 8,472 recoveries and 147 virus-related fatalities.

Those in the hospital with COVID-19 did drop from Wednesday to Thursday — from 12 to seven. Those in quarantine did spike, from 500 to 565, while the seven-day positivity rate is at 2.1%.