Fastest US states to administer covid-19 vaccines
New Hampshire are confident of having enough shots to vaccinate out-of-state residents by April 19. Oklahoma have begun allowing nonresidents to get vaccinated in the state.
The United States is giving out about three million shots a day, an increase from roughly two million in early March.
New Hampshire has administered the highest percentage of covid-19 vaccines it has received, according to the CDC's covid-19 vaccine distribution and administration data tracker. Oklahoma and New Hampshire are the latest states to announce they will open up vaccine eligibility to nonresidents.
Vaccinate out-of-state residents
In New Hampshire, Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican, said on Wednesday that officials were confident that there would be enough shots to vaccinate out-of-state residents by April 19
Oklahoma began allowing nonresidents to get vaccinated in the state on Thursday, nearly two weeks after it expanded eligibility to all in-state residents 16 or older. Experts hope that more will soon follow suit as the production and distribution of vaccines ramps up.
Biden's deadline
As the US supply of covid-19 vaccines continues to grow and states plan to meet or beat President Biden’s April 19 deadline for expanding eligibility to all adults, some states have begun dropping one of the last barriers to vaccine access: residency rules.
The CDC's data tracker compiles data from healthcare facilities and public health authorities. It reports the total number of covid-19 vaccines that have been distributed to each state and the total number each state has administered.
As of 6 a.m. EDT April 10, a total of 237,791,735 vaccine doses had been distributed in the US, and 183,467,709 had been administered, or 77.15 percent. Additionally, 117,142,879 people had received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 70,692,645 had been fully vaccinated. That means 35.3 percent of the US population had received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 21.3 percent had been fully vaccinated.
New Hampshire leading the way
Below are some of the states ranked by the percentage of covid-19 vaccines they've administered of those that have been distributed to them. Some numbers may not reflect the actual number of vaccines administered, as coding problems and data lags have hindered efforts to accurately count and publicly report how many doses are administered daily in some states.
New Hampshire
Doses distributed to state: 1,003,555
Doses administered: 922,666
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 91.94
Wisconsin
Doses distributed to state: 3,999,985
Doses administered: 3,558,061
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 88.95
North Dakota
Doses distributed to state: 547,170
Doses administered: 484,807
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 88.6
Minnesota
Doses distributed to state: 3,777,940
Doses administered: 3,312,268
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 87.67
New Mexico
Doses distributed to state: 1,710,565
Doses administered: 1,477,908
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 86.4
New Jersey
Doses distributed to state: 6,362,455
Doses administered: 5,495,689
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 86.38
Maine
Doses distributed to state: 1,037,000
Doses administered: 883,051
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 85.15
Utah
Doses distributed to state: 1,954,460
Doses administered: 1,662,200
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 85.05
Rhode Island
Doses distributed to state: 803,105
Doses administered: 680,525
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 84.74
Massachusetts
Doses distributed to state: 5,331,330
Doses administered: 4,461,283
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 83.68
The three slowest states in US
Mississippi
Doses distributed to state: 2,074,625
Doses administered: 1,337,659
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 64.48
Wyoming
Doses distributed to state: 450,525
Doses administered: 289,340
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 64.22
Alabama
Doses distributed to state: 3,278,980
Doses administered: 2,065,327
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 62.99