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Coping with COVID: Missouri, Kansas remain behind nationally in vaccine administration

Recent gains in vaccine administration throughout Missouri and Kansas nonetheless leave both toward the lower half of states pushing out the first dose of the vaccine. As of Tuesday, 11.5 percent of Missourians have received the first dose, while Kansas remains slightly ahead at 11.6 percent.

Kansas and Missouri continue to lag among other states in the share of the population that has received the first does of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Washington Post data shows that vaccine distribution across the country has ramped up significantly over the past two months. Still, only about 13 percent of Americans have received at least one vaccine shot (about 43 million people) while about 5 percent have gotten both doses as of Monday, Feb. 23.

In Missouri, an 11.5 percent share of the state’s population has received at least one dose as of Tuesday afternoon. In Kansas, the number is just a hair ahead with 11.6 percent of Kansans having been vaccinated with one dose.

Total doses administered in Missouri as of Tuesday is 1,046,575. In Kansas, 483,205.

 

Posted 02/23/21