Lagging behind: Region not at 70 percent COVID vaccine target

Only one locality in our little corner of Virginia is past President Biden’s 70 percent COVID-19 vaccination threshold.

Albemarle County, according to figures from the Virginia Department of Health, has had 78.0 percent of its adults receive at least one COVID-19 vaccination shot, and 70.9 percent of Albemarle adult residents are fully vaccinated.

The VDH COVID-19 data dashboard has the numbers statewide at 71.1 percent of all adults having received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot, and 62.8 percent fully vaccinated.

The CDC website puts the numbers nationwide at 67.6 percent of adults having received at least one COVID shot, and 58.8 percent fully vaccinated.

The data

Locality	At least one shot	Fully vaccinated
Albemarle County	78.0 percent	70.9 percent
Nelson County	68.8 percent	62.9 percent
Staunton	67.6 percent	61.7 percent
Charlottesville	66.6 percent	60.0 percent
Waynesboro	64.9 percent	59.2 percent
Rockbridge County	59.0 percent	54.1 percent
Augusta County	57.6 percent	53.3 percent
Buena Vista	56.5 percent	51.1 percent
Rockingham County	56.1 percent	51.2 percent
Lexington	53.7 percent	49.3 percent
Harrisonburg	52.9 percent	47.0 percent

Story by Chris Graham