Take a look at the league table below. Arkansas leads the US at about 230 new cases per million per day – with the majority of all states well below 50 cases per million per day
According to the Mayo Clinic only 42% of adults in Arkansas (population 3m) have received at least one dose and 45% in Missouri (population 6.1m).
By contrast 16 states have over 60% of their populations covered by at least one dose. In this map from the Mayo Clinic – darker green means more coverage.
The worst states (in descending order) are:
| Mississippi | 37.1% |
| Louisiana | 39% |
| Idaho | 40% |
| Wyoming | 40.2% |
| Alabama | 40.5% |
| Arkansas | 42.7% |
| Tennessee | 42.8% |
| Georgia | 44% |
| North Dakota | 44.3% |
| South Carolina | 44.8% |
A review of the age breakdown shows some of the disconnect
While 82% of people aged 65+ have received a vaccine in Arkansas – this still lags many of the states in the US. The population aged 18-64 is especially low at 46% (compare to California at 71%).
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