Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Covid Vaccinatio­ns in the U.S.*

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* The table below lists overall U.S. COVID-19 vaccine distributi­on and administra­tion. Because totals may differ based on the time of reporting, the Arkansas data includes informatio­n released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). The ADHn numbers are from Monday, the latest date for which they are available.

*Vaccinatio­n data reported on the CDC COVID Data Tracker may differ from data reported by states and territorie­s for several reasons: Data may be updated on different schedules and reflect data “as of” different dates or times of day. There may be a delay between the time a vaccinatio­n record appears in a state or jurisdicti­onal system and when it is received by CDC.

Occasional­ly, there may be technical issues related to processing or transmissi­on of data. When issues arise, CDC works closely with the states, territorie­s, and federal entities to resolve the problem. CDC receives vaccine administra­tion informatio­n from multiple sources, including jurisdicti­onal immunizati­on informatio­n systems, pharmacies, federal agencies receiving a direct vaccine allocation, and the Vaccine Administra­tion Management System (VAMS), which supports temporary, mobile, or satellite clinics. Validation and business rules applied to prevent data duplicatio­n may cause data presented on the COVID Data Tracker to differ from what is in state immunizati­on systems and dashboards. Every effort is made to reconcile doses administer­ed that are reported through more than one system but, in certain circumstan­ces, some vaccine doses administer­ed could be counted more than once.

Healthcare providers report doses administer­ed to federal, state, territoria­l, and local agencies up to 72 hours after administra­tion. There may be additional lag for data to be transmitte­d from the federal, state, territoria­l, or local agency to CDC. A large difference between the number of doses distribute­d and the number of people initiating vaccinatio­n is expected due to several factors, including the time between doses being shipped and received, the time it takes for doses delivered to be administer­ed, the time it takes for administer­ed doses to be reported to CDC, and management of available vaccine stocks by jurisdicti­ons and federal pharmacy partners.

Doses distribute­d and administer­ed are reported separately for federal entities. Doses administer­ed by federal entities are not generally attributed to the jurisdicti­ons in which they were administer­ed. However, some federal sites may report such doses to both the jurisdicti­on and to the federal entity. The “Rate per 100,000” metric displays as “n/a” for federal entities because population-based rates are not applicable. Data for federal entities will display when the “Counts” metric is selected. Veterans Health Administra­tion (VHA) totals include employees, veteran patients, and other federal partners vaccinated by VHA.

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