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Maui County Deputy Director Josiah Nishita (clockwise from top), Maui County Council Member Kelly King and Lt. Gov. Josh Green appear during a virtual town hall meeting hosted by King on Tuesday night to answer questions about the state’s current vaccine distribution efforts, health and safety protocols and COVID-19 cases counts. The Maui News / DAKOTA GROSSMAN photo
Lt. Gov. Josh Green estimated that there are about 10,000 to 12,000 undercounted doses in Maui County, which ranks last in the state in the percentage of the population vaccinated.
In Maui County, 9.1 percent of the total population has received at least one dose of the vaccine so far, according to state Department of Health data as of Wednesday. Kauai County had the highest percentage of residents vaccinated with 18 percent, followed by Honolulu County at 14.6 percent and Hawaii County at 12.7 percent.