The Centers for Disease Control has updated Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 vaccination rate due to a data error.The correction revises Pennsylvania’s vaccination rate number 5 percentage points lower. The CDC initially stated that 73.7% of Pennsylvanians 18 or older had been vaccinated. The corrected number is 68.9%. The change was made to remove duplicate counts.The downward revision amounted to about 1.2 million doses of the vaccine. The data correction comes as infections, hospitalizations and intensive-care unit cases are all on the upswing in Pennsylvania, as well as many other states.
ATLANTA —
The Centers for Disease Control has updated Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 vaccination rate due to a data error.
The correction revises Pennsylvania’s vaccination rate number 5 percentage points lower.
The CDC initially stated that 73.7% of Pennsylvanians 18 or older had been vaccinated. The corrected number is 68.9%. The change was made to remove duplicate counts.
The downward revision amounted to about 1.2 million doses of the vaccine.
The data correction comes as infections, hospitalizations and intensive-care unit cases are all on the upswing in Pennsylvania, as well as many other states.