22,760 COVID-19 vaccine doses received this week

Oakland County received 22,760 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the state of Michigan this week which is up from 17,710 last week. Of the doses received 21,060 were from Pfizer with the remainder from Moderna. No doses of the newer Johnson & Johnson vaccine were issued to the county.

Of the 1,029,737 eligible residents, 262,530 have received the first dose with 147,366 have completed the two-shot program. Of the 217,673 eligible seniors, 133,882 have received the first dose while 71,261 have been given both shots.

A dozen COVID-19 vaccine clinics will be held by the Oakland County Health Division from March 16-22. The clinics, which are by appointment only, will be held in Holly, Novi, Rochester, Southfield, Waterford and West Bloomfield.

Also the health division will administer the vaccine at eight longterm care centers.To date, 26 long-term care centers have received a first or second dose of vaccine.

Along with the state of Michigan’s COVID-19 vaccination priorities, Oakland County Health Division has applied the Social Vulnerability Index to scheduling appointments to administer COVID-19 vaccines. After evaluating its first-dose appointments from Dec. 18 – March 4, the Health Division discovered that the SVI is helping the Health Division’s vaccine distribution mirror the county’s demographics.

Of 44,750 first doses, 75.22% were White, 14.15% were Black, 4.44% were Asian, 0.24% were American Indian, and 0.13% were Hawaii/Pacific Islander. About 0.30% of the appointments categorized themselves as Other. Race was unknown or not provided for 5.51% of the appointments. This appointment data by race only applies to Oakland County Health Division appointments, not countywide.

Compare the appointment data by race with Oakland County’s demographics. Of Oakland County’s 1.259 million residents, 72% are White (non-Hispanic), 13.50% are Black, 7.40% are Asian, 4.10% are Hispanic, 0.20% are American Indian, and 0.20% are Other.