09/15/2021

Fewer than 1 in 2 Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Most Ohio Counties

Only Delaware County is surpassing the national vaccine uptake average

In 66 of Ohio’s 88 counties, fewer than 1 in 2 residents have received at least one dose of vaccination against COVID-19, which has killed more than 661,000 Americans since the pandemic began.

The low vaccination coverage, found via an analysis of state data from Sunday, indicates vast swaths of the state remain vulnerable to a surging, hyper-transmissible variant of the virus that causes the disease. The vaccines are free to recipients and have been widely available to the public since late March, suggesting much of the population remains unvaccinated by choice.

Despite a crescendo from hospitals and health officials warning of increasingly scarce bed capacity and pandemic-fatigued staff, Ohio counties' low vaccination rates underscore the frustration of some public health workers as chunks of their community abstain from safe and effective vaccines.

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