Rushmore State News

A COVID-19 vaccine was administered to 95 percent of South Dakota's nursing and care homes as of March 20, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

This is a 0.1 percent increase since the previous data update on March 6. The number of staff employed in nursing and care homes can fluctuate significantly, sometimes leading to a decrease in the total percentage of vaccinated staff.

South Dakota is the third most vaccinated state in the US among nursing and care homes.

COVID-19 claimed less than 10 lives in South Dakota in the week ending March 20. This is a decrease from the week before.

There have been up to 3,229 fatalities tied to COVID-19 in South Dakota.

Vaccination rates are consistently high across US nursing and care homes, much higher than vaccination rates in the general public.

A Brookings Institution report found even in states with most vaccine-adverse communities, such as Wyoming and West Virginia, more than 80 percent of the elderly above the age of 65 are vaccinated.

State	% Vaccinated	% Change
Alaska	93.4	-0.1
Alabama	84.8	-0.3
Arkansas	88.1	0.7
Arizona	76.6	-0.6
California	89.1	-0.1
Colorado	92.2	-0.9
Connecticut	93.1	0.6
District of Columbia	83.3	-2
Delaware	86.8	-5.8
Florida	82.2	0.7
Georgia	85.9	0.2
Hawaii	93.6	0.3
Iowa	93.4	0
Idaho	85.3	-1
Illinois	89.4	0.7
Indiana	86	0.2
Kansas	87.9	-0.1
Kentucky	86.7	0.1
Louisiana	85.7	0.4
Massachusetts	94.6	0.7
Maryland	89.9	1.7
Maine	92.6	-0.1
Michigan	86.3	0.7
Minnesota	93.3	0.4
Missouri	86.6	0
Mississippi	85.2	-0.1
Montana	89.5	-0.5
North Carolina	86.9	0
North Dakota	92.5	0.1
Nebraska	93.3	-0.1
New Hampshire	94.6	1.7
New Jersey	89.3	0.5
New Mexico	84.8	1.8
Nevada	76.9	0
New York	90.1	0.3
Ohio	83	-0.2
Oklahoma	85.9	-0.1
Oregon	87	-0.4
Pennsylvania	90	0.2
Rhode Island	94.9	0.6
South Carolina	86.1	-0.1
South Dakota	94.9	0
Tennessee	82.1	-0.4
Texas	82.4	0.8
Utah	87.5	-0.8
Virginia	88.6	-0.5
Vermont	96.5	2.8
Washington	89.6	0
Wisconsin	89.8	0.2
West Virginia	88.5	-0.1
Wyoming	90.5	-0.4
Alaska	93.1	-0.3
Alabama	84.4	-0.4
Arkansas	88.3	0.2
Arizona	77.4	0.8
Colorado	92.4	0.2
Connecticut	92.9	-0.2
District of Columbia	83.9	0.6
Delaware	92	5.2
Florida	82	-0.2
Georgia	85.9	0
Hawaii	93.7	0.1
Iowa	93.4	0
Idaho	85.8	0.5
Illinois	89.6	0.2
Indiana	86.1	0.1
Kansas	88.1	0.2
Kentucky	87.1	0.4
Louisiana	86.1	0.4
Massachusetts	94.7	0.1
Maryland	90	0.1
Maine	92.5	-0.1
Michigan	86.6	0.3
Minnesota	93.3	0
Missouri	86.2	-0.4
Mississippi	85.8	0.6
Montana	90.1	0.6
North Carolina	86.9	0
North Dakota	92.3	-0.2
Nebraska	93.2	-0.1
New Hampshire	94.9	0.3
New Jersey	90	0.7
New Mexico	84.2	-0.6
Nevada	77.7	0.8
New York	89.9	-0.2
Ohio	83.7	0.7
Oklahoma	85.7	-0.2
Oregon	86.5	-0.5
Pennsylvania	90.2	0.2
Rhode Island	94.8	-0.1
South Carolina	86.2	0.1
South Dakota	95	0.1
Tennessee	82.6	0.5
Texas	82.1	-0.3
Utah	88.7	1.2
Virginia	89.2	0.6
Vermont	96.4	-0.1
Washington	89.7	0.1
Wisconsin	90.1	0.3
West Virginia	88.3	-0.2
Wyoming	89.8	-0.7