Four County Area Vaccination Rate Well Below State Average
The four county area of Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess and DeKalb Counties is lagging behind the state average when it comes to starting and completing the COVID-19 vaccination process.
According to information from the Missouri Department of Heath and Senior Services nearly two-and a-half-million Missourians, or 40.6-percent of the population, have at least started the vaccination process. Just over two million Missourians, or 33.6-percent, have completed the process.
Statewide the numbers are even higher for those 18 and older. Among the adult population 51-percent of Missourians have begun the vaccination process with nearly 43-percent finished with the process.
Locally the numbers are not as high. Clinton County has the highest vaccination rate with 30.5-percent of the population having started the vaccination process and 24.3-percent fully vaccinated. Caldwell County shows 25.9-percent of citizens having started vaccination with 19.1-percent finished with the process.
Daviess County has 21.4-percent having started the vaccination process but only 19.1-percent fully vaccinated. DeKalb County has the lowest vaccination rate of the four county area with just 198.6-percent of citizens starting the vaccination with only 17.6-percent fully vaccinated.
View the statewide and county by county numbers here.