Bluegrass Times

A COVID-19 vaccine was administered to 86.9 percent of Kentucky's nursing and care homes as of April 17, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

This is a 0.2 percent decrease since the previous data update on March 20. The number of staff employed in nursing and care homes can fluctuate significantly, sometimes leading to a decrease in the total percentage of vaccinated staff.

Kentucky is the 31st most vaccinated state in the US among nursing and care homes.

COVID-19 claimed 45 lives in Kentucky in the week ending April 17. This is a decrease from the week before.

There have been up to 16,797 fatalities tied to COVID-19 in Kentucky.

Vaccination rates are consistently high across US nursing and care homes, much higher than vaccination rates in the general public.

A Brookings Institution report found even in states with most vaccine-adverse communities, such as Wyoming and West Virginia, more than 80 percent of the elderly above the age of 65 are vaccinated.

State	% Vaccinated	% Change
Alaska	94.8	1.7
Alabama	85.2	0.8
Arkansas	88.9	0.6
Arizona	78.5	1.1
California	89.6	0.5
Colorado	92.1	-0.3
Connecticut	92.8	-0.1
District of Columbia	84.2	0.3
Delaware	93.8	1.8
Florida	82.7	0.7
Georgia	85.8	-0.1
Hawaii	93.8	0.1
Iowa	93.6	0.2
Idaho	84.1	-1.7
Illinois	89.6	0
Indiana	86.1	0
Kansas	87.7	-0.4
Kentucky	86.9	-0.2
Louisiana	86.2	0.1
Massachusetts	94.6	-0.1
Maryland	90.3	0.3
Michigan	87.4	0.8
Minnesota	93.5	0.2
Missouri	85.5	-0.7
Mississippi	85.3	-0.5
Montana	87.7	-2.4
North Carolina	86.7	-0.2
North Dakota	92.5	0.2
Nebraska	93.1	-0.1
New Hampshire	94.7	-0.2
New Jersey	89.8	-0.2
New Mexico	86.2	2
Nevada	80.2	2.5
New York	90.4	0.5
Ohio	83.9	0.2
Oklahoma	85.8	0.1
Oregon	87.4	0.9
Pennsylvania	90.7	0.5
Rhode Island	94.4	-0.4
South Carolina	86.6	0.4
South Dakota	95.1	0.1
Tennessee	83.2	0.6
Texas	82.3	0.2
Utah	85	-3.7
Virginia	89.6	0.4
Vermont	96.5	0.1
Washington	89.9	0.2
Wisconsin	90.2	0.1
West Virginia	89	0.7
Wyoming	89.8	0