More than 100,000 teachers and school employees across the state have been vaccinated against COVID-19, Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday.

Vaccinations of teachers and staff who work with elementary school and vulnerable students have been completed two weeks ahead of the schedule set by Wolf and the state COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force. Some middle and high school employees have also been vaccinated, Wolf said.

From the Butler Area School District, 474 employees registered for vaccinations through the Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV, and 90 had previously received vaccinations because of other qualifying reasons, said Superintendent Brian White.

“We are pleased to be able to share that all of our employees who desired the vaccine have had the opportunity to receive it,” White said. “We are hopeful that having this many employees vaccinated will help ensure our continuity of operations.”

About three weeks ago, Wolf and the task force initiated a voluntary plan for 28 intermediate units in the state to schedule vaccinations for all teachers and school employees using the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Vaccinations of staff working with elementary school and vulnerable students were completed two weeks ahead of schedule, and several intermediate units have completed vaccinations of middle and high school staff, Wolf said.

Mark Gross, superintendent of Mars Area School District, didn't have official staff vaccination numbers Tuesday afternoon.

However, he said, everyone in the district who wanted a vaccination received one by last week.

“We were really happy,” Gross said. “It certainly does lend itself to a new sense of hope.”

Overall in the state, 4,416,744 doses of vaccine have been administered, including 2,849,617 first and single doses and 1,567,127 second doses, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

In the county, 23,254 people are partially vaccinated and 32,430 people are fully vaccinated, according to the department.

Other county reports show one new death and 41 new cases of the coronavirus, increasing the number of deaths to 383 and the number of cases to 9,395 among the county's population of 187,853 since the pandemic began.

Statewide, 39 new deaths raised the total to 24,828, and 3,515 new cases raised the total to 991,950 out of the state population of 12.8 million since the beginning of the pandemic.

There are 1,577 people hospitalized, including 335 patients in intensive care across the state. The 14-day average number of people hospitalized per day is about 4,600 lower than it was at the peak in December 2020 and below what it was at the height of the spring peak in May 2020. However, the decrease in hospitalized patients has stalled.

In licensed nursing and personal care homes, there are 68,928 cases among residents and 14,105 cases among employees. Of the total 24,828 deaths in the state, 12,843 have been residents of nursing or personal care facilities.

Gross said despite the vaccines that have been administered, it's important for school districts to remain vigilant.

New information continues to be released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state department of health.

“We're just looking for ... the benefits that come from (vaccinations),” Gross said. “(But) we're still having to deal with the issues of COVID.”

Eagle staff writer Samantha Beal contributed to this report.