According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, New Hampshire has the lowest booster rate in the country, but the state disputes that and says the math is off. According to CDC, 20% of eligible Granite Staters received a COVID-19 vaccine booster, which would be the lowest rate in the country. According to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, that number is not accurate. This is partly because New Hampshire is the only state in the country that didn’t have a state vaccine registry when the pandemic started. It has been working to build one since.The CDC system also recorded some boosters as first shots, and for several months last year, there was an issue with how some pharmacies shared their booster information. The state is hoping to recover that data.While there’s no concrete number for total booster shots administered in the state, there is some recent data to look at. Since the state re-established fixed sites in mid-December, they’ve administered more than 12,000 boosters, plus more than 20,000 during the “Booster Blitz” events, though there aren’t numbers available for boosters administered at pharmacies, hospitals or doctors’ offices. “With the vaccine widely available across the state, the data that we look at to guide our state response continues to focus on hospitalizations. Getting vaccinated and boosted in New Hampshire has never been easier and remains the single most important tool we have at fighting this pandemic,” Sununu said in a statement. The governor’s office did point News 9 to a poll. While it’s not actual statistical data, the University of New Hampshire survey from December indicated 93% of those polled intended to get the booster and 69% already had.
According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, New Hampshire has the lowest booster rate in the country, but the state disputes that and says the math is off.
According to CDC, 20% of eligible Granite Staters received a COVID-19 vaccine booster, which would be the lowest rate in the country. According to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, that number is not accurate. This is partly because New Hampshire is the only state in the country that didn’t have a state vaccine registry when the pandemic started. It has been working to build one since.
The CDC system also recorded some boosters as first shots, and for several months last year, there was an issue with how some pharmacies shared their booster information. The state is hoping to recover that data.
While there’s no concrete number for total booster shots administered in the state, there is some recent data to look at. Since the state re-established fixed sites in mid-December, they’ve administered more than 12,000 boosters, plus more than 20,000 during the “Booster Blitz” events, though there aren’t numbers available for boosters administered at pharmacies, hospitals or doctors’ offices.
“With the vaccine widely available across the state, the data that we look at to guide our state response continues to focus on hospitalizations. Getting vaccinated and boosted in New Hampshire has never been easier and remains the single most important tool we have at fighting this pandemic,” Sununu said in a statement.
The governor’s office did point News 9 to a poll. While it’s not actual statistical data, the University of New Hampshire survey from December indicated 93% of those polled intended to get the booster and 69% already had.
