About 19% of Michigan adults and 49% of seniors have gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, based on the latest numbers posted by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
A total of 2,426,157 vaccine doses had been administered as of Wednesday, March 3, according to the state’s coronavirus dashboard. That includes 1,546,957 first doses and 880,199 second doses.
Overall, 19% of Michigan residents age 16 and older have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine so far, up from 16.1% on Feb. 24. About 10.8% of adults are now fully vaccinated, up from 9.1% a week ago.
Senior citizens are the most likely to be vaccinated so far: 48.9% of those age 65 and older have gotten at least one dose.
Broken down a little more, 51% of those age 75 and older and 47% of those age 65 to 74 have gotten at least one dose of a vaccine, and 26% and 22% respectively have gotten both doses.
The highest immunization rates so far are in the northern Lower Peninsula, where 26% of those age 16 and older have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine. That compares to 11% of adults who live in Detroit.
The interactive map below shows the number of people per capita who have received as least one dose of vaccine so far. The numbers are based on residence of the vaccine recipient vs. where the the vaccine was given. You can hold your cursor over a county to see the underlying data. (Note: The number of first doses administered includes those who also have received a second dose.)
You can also use this searchable database to look up specific counties. The first percentage in this chart is the rate of those 16 and older who have received at least one vaccine dose as of March 3.
This next map is shade by the percentage of those age 65 and older who have gotten at least one dose of vaccine. You can put your cursor over a county to see the underlying data.
The five counties with the highest percentage of senior citizens who have gotten at least one vaccine dose: Grand Traverse, 74%; Schoolcraft, 65%; Ingham, 64%; Marquette, 63%, and Kalamazoo, 63%.
The counties with the lowest percent: Cass, 28%; Oscoda, 29%; Menominee, 30%; Monroe, 32%, and Livingston, 32%.
Michigan has received 3,031,775 vaccines doses to date.
Of vaccines allocated to Michigan so far, 436,260 have been designated for the program to vaccinate long-term care residents and staff. As of Tuesday, March 2, that program has administered 244,419 doses or 56% of its allotment.
Of the remaining 2,595,515 doses, 81% -- or 2,181,738 -- have been administered so far.
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