North Idaho lags behind in administered vaccine doses

The health district has used 56% of its 17,900 distributed doses

Coronavirus Update | Alex Brizee
Coronavirus Update | Alex Brizee

Idaho launched a new COVID-19 vaccine transparency website Tuesday, revealing Public Health – Idaho North Central District is behind every other district in the state in terms of doses distributed and percentage of doses administered. 

The new tool shows the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses individual providers and health districts have been allocated, along with the doses they have yet to administer.

As of Wednesday, Public Health – Idaho North Central District has administered 56% of its 17,900 distributed doses. 

Gritman Medical Center in Moscow has administered 92% of its 2,306 distributed doses and Latah Community Health – CHAS has administered 73% of its 700 doses.

In Latah County, 3,113 people have received their first dose and 732 people have received their second, according to COVID-19 vaccine data on the state’s website

Idaho’s vaccine rollout is being implemented in four phases. The state is currently in Group 2, which recently opened up appointments to residents 65 and older. 

The Argonaut will continue to follow this story. 

Angela Palermo can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @apalermotweets

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Angela Palermo Hi! I'm Angela, the news editor at The Argonaut. I study journalism and sociology at the University of Idaho and work as the copy editor of Blot Magazine.

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