UpdatedWed, May 12, 2021 at 12:33 pm CT
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Less than 40 percent of eligible residents have received even one dose of the vaccine in six rural Minnesota counties. (Liam Griffin/Patch)
MINNESOTA — Fewer Minnesotans are seeking the COVID-19 vaccine, data from the Minnesota Departmen of Health shows. The rate of vaccinations has fallen since the week of April 4, when 406,783 doses were administered. Just 214,973 doses were administed in the first week of May.
The vaccine rate is especially slow in many of Minnesota's rural counties, including six where less than 40 percent of eligible residents have opted to receive the vaccine.
Meanwhile, nearly 70 percent of residents 16 and older have received at least one dose in Hennepin County, and several of the other metro counties are not far behind.