TDH: ‘Great progress’ in Tennessee’s first four weeks of administering vaccines to highest risk populations
Tennessee health officials are touting the progress of its vaccine rollout in administering doses to the state’s most vulnerable populations.
In the first four weeks of the program, nearly 272,000 doses have been administered, which equates to more than half of the supplies the state has received from the federal government. National pharmacy chains CVS and Walgreens, as well as local pharmacies are all participating in getting shots administered to residents and staff members of long-term care facilities, as an estimated 25% of Tennessee’s virus deaths, or over 2,000 deaths come from long-term care residents.
Locally, Unicoi County has the highest rate of residents to have received at least the first dose at 6.3% as revealed yesterday following release of the state’s COVID-19 vaccination report, which can be viewed in the tweet below:
— TN Dept. of Health (@TNDeptofHealth) January 12, 2021
Below is the Northeast Tennessee county-by-county percentage breakdown of residents who have received the first round dose:
*Carter- 3.62%
*Greene- 3.40%
*Hawkins- 3.65%
*Johnson- 3.19%
*Sullivan- 5.36%
*Unicoi- 6.32%
*Washington- 5.66%
