Colorado Counties With Highest Coronavirus Vaccination Rates

Arvada CO

22 February, 2021

2:34 PM

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New data about county vaccination rates was added Friday to Colorado's COVID-19 statistics dashboard. The data shows which of Colorado's largest counties have the highest vaccination rates per 100,000 people. It's harder to analyze counties with low populations, as they've been grouped into regions with more than 100,000 people; however, some metro Denver and nearby counties are showing a considerable difference in vaccination rates: *Data as of Saturday Broomfield: 25,199Jefferson County: 24,012Boulder County: 22,562Denver: 20,521Douglas County: 20,185Arapahoe County: 18,352Adams County: 15,450 Outside Denver's metro area, Eagle (25,893) and Summit (24,613) counties had some of the highest vaccination rates in the state. Complicated storage procedures and no-shows for vaccine appointments are some of the factors that delay vaccine administration after a shipment arrives, public health officials said. As of Saturday, 797,634 Coloradans had received their first vaccination dose, and 379,144 people had received their second dose, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's data dashboard. Don't miss the latest news updates in Colorado. Sign up for free Patch news alerts and newsletters for what you need to know daily. Around 133,000 vaccines were expected to arrive in Colorado last week, but the shipments were delayed due to a winter storm that hit a distribution hub in Tennessee, public health officials said. The state worked with health care providers and agencies to make sure appointments and clinics weren't canceled. Around 125 million doses are set for delivery in the U.S. over the next month, the Biden Administration said. "Where we were hundreds of millions of doses short on supply just one month ago, we're now on track to have enough supply for 300 million Americans by the end of July," President Joe Biden said in his exclusive Patch op-ed published Friday. >> You can check out Colorado's vaccination rate dashboard here.