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Vaccinations for COVID-19 plummeted in Acadiana and across the state this week while new cases and hospitalizations for the virus locally held steady after increasing last week.
Acadiana’s new COVID-19 vaccinations dropped 44% this week from last week as just 3,512 new shots were given to residents since last Friday.
Acadiana is clinging to one of the lowest regional vaccination rates in the state at 26.1% of the region’s 658,000 residents starting a vaccine, ahead of only the Cenla and Lake Charles areas. As of Thursday, 21.7% of Acadiana residents were fully vaccinated.
Weekly vaccinations in Acadiana are now down 70% from just two weeks ago, while vaccinations statewide have dropped 75% in just the past month.