Hawkeye Reporter

A COVID-19 vaccine was administered to 93.4 percent of Iowa's nursing and care homes as of March 20, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

This is unchanged 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.

Iowa is the 13th most vaccinated state in the US among nursing and care homes.

COVID-19 claimed 21 lives in Iowa in the week ending March 20. This is a decrease from the week before.

There have been up to 9,563 fatalities tied to COVID-19 in Iowa.

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