The Florida Department of Health in Sumter County issued a rabies alert after a positive case was confirmed in the Sumterville area, according to a news release.

Thousands of utility workers deployed to the hardest-hit areas of Florida after Hurricane Idalia pushed through the state early Wednesday.

Five people were treated after a possible carbon monoxide exposure at the Federal Correctional Complex Coleman’s adjacent Satellite Prison Camp in Sumterville, according to a news release.

Veterinarians with Sumter County Animal Services said Friday a dog that was recently injured in a car fire is doing well after suffering burns to all four paws.

Ron DeSantis suggested Wednesday that incremental increases in COVID-19 vaccine eligibility would stop after people who are 55 and older were inoculated. [TRENDING: ‘Manatee graveyard in Fla. | 6 major announcements from Disney | Fla. woman charged in US Capitol attack]AdThis comes after the governor announced on Monday that the state would expand eligibility to people 60 and older starting on March 15. DeSantis did not give a timeline for when Florida would expand eligibility to those 55 and older. The CDC has not posted new allocation information about Johnson & Johson single-dose vaccine. To keep up with the latest news on the pandemic, subscribe to News 6′s coronavirus newsletter and go to ClickOrlando.com/coronavirus.

SUMTERVILLE, Fla. – The first vaccine pod in Florida to offer the newly approved, single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine opened up in Sumter County on Wednesday. Ron DeSantis made the announcement at Lake-Sumter State College’s Sumter Campus, which was already serving as a vaccination site. “They (Sumter County) have the highest percentage of seniors, of any county in the state of Florida -- 58% of all the residents of Sumter are 65 or older,” DeSantis said. “We’ve done a majority of the seniors in Sumter.”This new vaccine pod will offer up to 1,000 J&J vaccinations a day for the next three days, according to the governor. This new vaccine pod comes as the state gets ready to expand its age eligibility requirements on Monday to include any Floridians who are 60 or older.