Wake County Received the Third Fewest Vaccines Per Person in North Carolina
Tanara Gilbert receives the COVID vaccine during the initial rollout in December.
Wake County has the highest population in North Carolina, but it received the third fewest doses of the COVID-19 vaccine per person statewide through the week of January 18. Â
No wonder the rollout is going slowly.Â
Following a report from local health officials, Wake County Board of Commissioners Chair Matt Calabria requested a list of how many vaccines were received by each county in the state. In crunching the numbers by population size, he found Wake County ranked 98th out of 100 counties in the state in terms of vaccine distribution per capita.Â
The Johnston County Health Department is holding a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Benson on Tuesday. Cars were lined up at West Johnston High School in Benson before 4 a.m., despite the clinic not being scheduled to start until 10 a.m.
Sydney Batch, a Wake County Democrat, announced Saturday on Twitter that she will fill a seat in the N.C. Senate vacated by Sam Searcy, who resigned. Cooper would appoint her.
Batch, elected to the N.C. House in 2018, in November lost her seat to Republican Erin Pare, who got 50% of the vote to Batch’s 47%.
Searcy had won a second term to the Senate in District 17, defeating Republican Mark Cavaliero.
Searcy, part-owner of a distillery, in November endorsed Batch for the vacated seat. In 2017, he considered running for the 2nd U.S. Congressional District but chose to run for the General Assembly instead.