KING COUNTY, Wash. — King County is the first large county in the nation to pass a 70% vaccination rate for residents 12 and over, public health officials announced Tuesday.
King County Executive Dow Constantine tweeted that more than 70% of eligible residents across all age and racial and ethnic groups received at least one dose.
More than 70% of eligible King County residents across all age and racial/ethnic groups have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to @KCPubHealth. This is one of the highest rates of any large county in the nation.
— Dow Constantine (@kcexec) August 24, 2021
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This comes out to about 3 million doses administered countywide.
Constantine said the number is expected to grow in coming weeks with the FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine.
Health officials are still concerned about rising case numbers from the delta variant and are urging anyone who is still unvaccinated to get their shots.
“This is an important milestone and remarkable achievement, but as the current Delta surge shows, we still have too many eligible and unprotected,” said Dr. Jeff Duchin, Health Officer for Public Health – Seattle & King County.
More than 70 percent of all age groups 12 and older and across all race and ethnic groups in King County have received at least one dose of COVID-19, the first large county in the nation to reach this milestone!
— Public Health - Seattle & King County (@KCPubHealth) August 24, 2021
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