Bluegrass Times

A COVID-19 vaccine was administered to 86 percent of Kentucky's nursing and care homes as of June 26, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

This is a 1.1 percent decrease since the previous data update on May 29. 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 35th most vaccinated state in the US among nursing and care homes.

COVID-19 claimed 58 lives in Kentucky in the week ending June 26. This is an increase over the week before.

There have been up to 17,301 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	0.1
Alabama	85.9	0.1
Arkansas	88.8	0.1
Arizona	78.1	-2.1
California	89.7	0
Colorado	91.4	-0.5
District of Columbia	85.6	2.4
Delaware	93.7	-0.2
Florida	81.9	-0.5
Georgia	87.2	0.3
Hawaii	94.3	0.5
Iowa	93.8	0.2
Idaho	84.6	-2.2
Illinois	89.4	0.2
Indiana	86	-0.1
Kansas	87	-0.7
Kentucky	86	-1.1
Louisiana	86.7	0
Massachusetts	94.8	-0.4
Maryland	90.4	-0.7
Maine	94.1	0.3
Michigan	86.2	-0.4
Minnesota	93.1	-0.3
Missouri	85.2	0.2
Mississippi	86.6	0.2
Montana	89.9	0.2
North Carolina	87.1	0
North Dakota	92.3	-0.5
Nebraska	92.4	-0.4
New Hampshire	95.4	0.6
New Jersey	89	-1.4
New Mexico	85	-0.4
Nevada	77.4	-2.1
New York	90.5	-0.2
Ohio	83.3	-0.5
Oklahoma	84.7	-0.8
Oregon	86.8	-0.3
Pennsylvania	90.1	-0.2
South Carolina	86.1	-0.3
South Dakota	95.6	0.3
Tennessee	82.8	-0.2
Texas	80.7	-1.3
Utah	85.7	-2.2
Virginia	89.3	-0.2
Vermont	96.3	-0.2
Washington	88.8	-0.7
Wisconsin	90	-0.5
West Virginia	87.7	-0.5
Wyoming	90.4	0.5