Data: CT vulnerable communities lag behind for COVID vaccinations
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In this April 26, 2021 file photo, CREC Academy of Aerospace and Engineering sophomore Brian Acevedo, 16, receives a COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Myra Glass, of East Hartford, during a mass vaccination site at Pratt & Whitney Runway in East Hartford, Conn.Jessica Hill / Associated Press
Nearly a month since Connecticut opened COVID vaccines to everyone 16 and older, vaccination rates among people living in underserved communities are still lagging compared with the rest of the state.
Data released Thursday shows about 38 percent of people living in ZIP codes identified by the state as vulnerable communities have received at least one dose of a vaccine. Meanwhile, about 50 percent of the state’s population overall has received at least one shot of vaccine.