North Carolina Expands Vaccination Data To Include Federal Providers

North Carolina has expanded its COVID-19 vaccine data dashboard to include federal providers. Officials say this brings the state closer to an accurate count of how many residents have been vaccinated. 

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services vaccination dashboard now includes information from federal providers including the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Indian Health Service.

NCDHHS released a statement saying that adding these numbers will make the statistics more precise.  

But because the data is only available for statewide numbers, some regionalized demographics may reflect an undercount of the true number of doses administered.

In addition, the department says that updated federal policies have altered the vaccine allocation process, with states now placing orders based on need.

The dashboard shows that as of Wednesday morning, the number of fully vaccinated adults in the state rose to 56 percent, with the number of those age 12 and older at 53 percent.