The Lehigh and Northampton County Courthouses both have increased security. 

So far, 32.2% of staff and 57.3% of the residents have received the first dose of the vaccine.

Only 22% of employees at Northampton County's Gracedale Nursing Home have received COVID-19 vaccinations, despite a $750 incentive.

The bonuses will be paid from federal CARES Act money given to Northampton County for infectious disease control in nursing homes.

That could cost as much as $490,000 if all 650 employees get the shot. 

County Executive Lamont McClure said that over four rounds of grants, 766 small businesses received as much as $15,000 each.

Northampton County will distribute another round of grants to small businesses that are suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pennsylvania has been on the slower side of tallying overall. 

Wait times for voters across the Lehigh Valley ranged from a half hour to two hours.

Voters turned out even before polls opened, forming lines early Tuesday morning.