Tennessee records some of country's worst COVID-19 vaccination rates, CDC data reveals - NewsChannel5.com

(WTVF) — Tennessee has some of the worst COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country, trailing all but two states in the percent of its adult population considered to be fully vaccinated, an analysis by NewsChannel 5 Investigates discovered.

Data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows Tennessee ranks 48th among the 50 states in the percentage of adults fully vaccinated, 48th in the percentage of adults who’ve received at least one dose, 47th in the number of doses administered per 100,000 residents, and 45th in the percentage of seniors age 65 and up now vaccinated.

The CDC data shows that just 23.4 percent of Tennessee adults have been fully vaccinated.

By contrast, Alaska leads the country with nearly 40 percent of its adults fully vaccinated, followed by New Mexico at 38.2 percent and South Dakota at 37.8 percent.

Tennessee’s neighbor to the north, Kentucky, is 22nd in the country, with 31.1 percent of its adults fully vaccinated.

In addition, just 38.8 percent of Tennessee adults have received at least one dose of a vaccine, with only Alabama and Mississippi posting worse numbers than the Volunteer State on that front.

But New Hampshire far exceeds other states in the percentage of adults receiving at least one dose, recording a success rate of 65.2 percent, according to the CDC data.

Kentucky is 27th in the country with 46.6 percent of adults having received at least one dose.

Tennessee is also 45th in the country in the percentage of adults age 65+ who have been fully vaccinated and the percentage of seniors who received at least one dose.

The CDC says 54.9 percent of Tennessee seniors have been fully vaccinated, compared to an astounding 78.4 percent in Rhode Island.

Just 10.5 percent of Moore County adults have been fully vaccinated, compared to 33.8 percent in Loudon County, outside of Knoxville, and 29.5 percent in Williamson County.

Metro Nashville-Davidson County comes in at 19th with 24.8 percent fully vaccinated?

Among those age 65 and up, 26.3 percent of Moore County seniors have been fully vaccinated, a far cry from the 72.7 percent in Williamson and Meigs counties?