Nearly 30% of Williamson County residents have received 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine; county surpasses 100K vaccines distributed

More than 100,000 vaccines have been distributed in Williamson County as of late March. (Ali Linan/Community Impact Newspaper)

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By Wendy Sturges | 4:08 PM Mar 29, 2021 CDT | Updated 4:08 PM Mar 29, 2021 CDT

Following an announcement that the county would begin vaccinating all adults age 16 and older, as of March 29, nearly 30% of Williamson County residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Health.

More than 108,000 vaccines have been distributed across the county, according to the TDH. While 29.69% have received one dose, 16.52% are fully vaccinated, meaning they have received two doses of the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Statewide, just over 21% of the population has received one dose, and more than 2.5 million doses have been distributed.

This milestone comes as the county is seeing a slight uptick in new active cases. In the last seven days, Williamson County has seen an 11% increase in new active cases, rising to 557 active cases as of March 29.

See a full breakdown of active cases below.

By Wendy Sturges

A Houston native and graduate of St. Edward's University in Austin, Wendy Sturges has worked as a community journalist covering local government, health care, business and development since 2011. She has worked with Community Impact since 2015 as a reporter and editor and moved to Tennessee in 2019.

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