Some States Are Vaccinating For COVID Faster Than Others, Here's How Tennessee Stacks Up

By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 WS Nashville

2021-06-24

The Biden Administration announced a target goal fully vaccinating 160 million American adults by July 4. Whether or not this timeline is achievable remains to be seen. Currently, 150,424,675 people have been fully vaccinated, or 46.0% of the U.S. population. So far, states have largely managed their own vaccination coordination efforts — and some have proven more efficient at it than others. In Tennessee, 34.9% of the population are fully vaccinated, lower than the U.S. average. Lower than average vaccination rates in Tennessee appear to be attributable in part to less efficient vaccination rollout. As of June 22, Tennessee has received about 7,259,900 vaccinations and administered about 71.2% of those doses. As the virus mutates and new variants spread, vaccinating the population as rapidly as possible is critical. In total, there have been 866,027 confirmed cases of the virus in Tennessee as of June 22 — or 12,792 for every 100,000 people. For context, there have been 10,153 known infections for every 100,000 people nationwide. All COVID-19 and vaccination data used in this story are current as of June 22, 2021. These are all the counties in Tennessee where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

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