FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: November 15 2021

Contact:  Jon Ebelt, Public Information Officer, DPHHS, (406) 444-0936
              Chuck Council, Communications Specialist, DPHHS, (406) 444-4391

 

Fully Vaccinated Percentage Updated to Reflect
5 to 11-year-old Population

Today, the state COVID-19 vaccine dashboard has been updated to reflect the addition of the newly added 5 to 11-year-old age group now eligible to be vaccinated.

As a result, the eligible population percentage of Montanans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 has been updated to 50%. In addition, the county percentages on the map have been adjusted accordingly as well.

The total number of Montanans now eligible for the vaccine is 1,020,663, including 90,769 children ages 5-11.

In addition to the state dashboard, DPHHS continues to produce ahttps://dphhs.mt.gov/publichealth/cdepi/diseases/CoronavirusMT/demographics featuring a county-by-county breakdown of those fully vaccinated by age group. This report will be updated later this week.

Also, the weekly COVID-19 update report provides even more vaccine information, such as the number of third doses that have been administered. The next weekly report will be updated and available online later this week.

DPHHS encourages all eligible Montanans to get vaccinated. For the nearest vaccine location, text your zip code to GETVAX (438829).