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NASHVILLE (March 12) — Carroll and Henry counties are among the top counties with the highest percentage of its citizens who have received at least one vaccine against the coronvirus.
According to data from the Tennessee Department of Health, Carroll County has administered 9,832 vaccines, which is 21.32 percent of the county’s population with at least one of two doses of the vaccine. A total of 14.01 percent has both vaccines, or the one-dose J&J vaccine. Vaccinations are available at the Carroll County Health Department, Phipps Pharmacy in McKenzie and Huntingdon, Baptist Hospital and Walmart-Huntingdon.
Carroll has sustained 3,505 cases of COVID-19 in the one-year-long pandemic. Eighty-one died, and 3,410 recovered.
Henry has administered 11,986 vaccines, or 21.89 percent of the population with at least one vaccine and 15.22 percent with two doses or the one-dose J&J vaccine. Vaccines are available at Henry County Health Department, Henry County Medical Center, and Walmart.
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