Weld is the state’s only populous county with a one-shot vaccination rate under 60%. Author: Erin Powell Updated: 7:07 PM MDT August 3, 2021
GREELEY, Colo. Weld County reported in a news release Tuesday that there has been a 20% increase in COVID vaccination rates in the past several weeks.”
In Weld, where GOP commissioners previously defied state public health orders, 58.5% of the eligible population has at least one dose of the vaccine as of Aug. 3. That means Weld has the 33rd highest vaccination rate out of 64 counties in Colorado.
Weld is the state’s only populous county, with more than 5% of the state population, with a one-shot vaccination rate under 60%. Boulder County has the highest rate among populous counties, at 79.7%. Denver is at 77%.