McCORMICK, SC – Despite all concerns about the difficulty of vaccinating rural South Carolina residents, McCormick County is leading the state of Palmetto in terms of its residents’ vaccination rate.
This is one of the statistics revealed in an updated version of the online vaccine panel from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Of the 8,636 residents of McCormick County aged 15 and over, 2,729 people received at least one shot, which is more than 31%. US Census statistics show that the county has a large elderly population, which constituted a large part of Phase 1A of the vaccine’s launch in the state.
Other classifications of counties in the area:
- 20. Edgefield, with a 16 percent vaccination run.
- 29. Orangeburg, with a rate of almost 15%
- 32. Bamberg, with a rate greater than 14.5 percent
- 34. Aiken, with a slightly lower rate
- 37. Barnwell, with a 14 percent rate
- 43. Allendale, with a rate of 11.7 percent
- 46. Saluda, with the state’s penultimate rate, slightly below 10 percent
The new version of the panel now focuses on where the people receiving the vaccine live, rather than where the vaccine was administered. It displays county-by-county data, detailing even how many people were vaccinated in each zip code.
Users can also find out how many people in the state’s total population have been fully vaccinated.
“This will help us to see how close we are to achieving collective immunity, and this is estimated at about 70 to 80% of the total population of the state having been vaccinated,” said Dr. Linda Bell, a state epidemiologist.
The panel shows that Jasper County has the worst vaccination rate in the state. It has 1,739 residents who received the vaccine out of an estimated 23,501 people aged 15 and over. That is about 7% of the population.
You can also see which counties are administering the most vaccines.
Although just under 66,000 Charleston County residents have received the vaccine, more than 176,000 vaccines have been administered in the county, the panel shows – indicating a large number of people who do not live there going to the county for consultation.
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From WRDW / WAGT and WMBF reports