Missouri lags behind other states in the country in terms of the pace of administering the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, ranking last in these efforts, according to estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
CDC’s COVID Data Tracker shows that about 242,937 people in the Show-Me state received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna jab, or 3,958 per 100,000 people. That is, until Sunday, less than 4% of the state’s population received the first dose.
Overall, 73,248 people in the state received both doses, about 1,193 per 100,000.
In contrast, Alaska ranks first, showing that about 77,925 first doses were administered, a rate of 10,652 per 100,000 people, according to the CDC.
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The news came after Alabama’s vaccination efforts ranked last in the country last week, with health officials there later threatening to remove doses from providers who did not administer them “in a timely manner”.
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Alabama is now ranked above Missouri in terms of first doses administered, showing on Sunday that about 213,833 people in the state of cotton received the first dose, about 4,361 per 100,000.
Still, it lags behind other states, including Missouri, in terms of both doses administered. CDC estimates show that about 29,736 people in Alabama received both doses, which means only 606 per 100,000 people.