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At the peak of the COVID vaccine rollout, the Finger Lakes was administering about 106,000 first doses per week.
Now? It s about 24,000, said Dr. Nana Bennett, who leads the Finger Lakes COVID-19 Vaccine Hub at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Big drop off, she said, estimating the vaccination effort went from more than 10% of the eligible population to 2%, not adjusting for those already vaccinated. I am still happy that we are making some progress. It is just really slowed.
Nearly 60% of the Finger Lakes population age 12 and older (or 623,000 people) have received at least one dose of vaccine. Monroe and Ontario both top 63% while Wyoming lags behind at just more than 44%.