More than 1 million Maricopa County residents have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, according to the county. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
More than 1 million Maricopa County residents have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, according to the county. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
More than 1 million Maricopa County residents have been vaccinated as of March 24 with at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to the county.
The figure represents 30% of all adult Maricopa County residents age 15 and above and 25% of all county residents.
In the past week, Maricopa County residents have received an average of nearly 30,000 doses of vaccine per day, according to the county.
Almost 40% of those vaccine doses completed the vaccine series, meaning they have received both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, according to the county.
Nearly 70% of those vaccinated in Maricopa County are 55 years or older. Among that group, 44% of those ages 55-64 have received at least one dose of vaccine. That represents nearly 10% more than last week, according to the county.
Raised in Arizona, Tom Blodgett has spent more than 30 years in journalism in Arizona and joined Community Impact Newspaper in July 2018 to launch the Gilbert edition. He is a graduate of Arizona State University, where he served as an instructional professional in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication from 2005-19 and remains editorial adviser to The State Press, the university's independent student media outlet.
