Mahnomen County has Highest Percentage of COVID Vaccine Given, but More People in Becker County have Received a Vaccination

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) – Mahnomen County has given a higher percent of COVID-19 vaccine to its residents than any other county in the state, but more people in Becker county have received the vaccine.

According to data from the Minnesota Department of Health, Mahnomen County has given 20% or just over 1,100 of its residents at least one dose of the vaccine as of Thursday, January 28. The population in Mahnomen county is just over 5,500.

Becker County, with a population of more than 33,000 has given over 2,500 residents at least their first vaccine shot. That equates to about 7.5% of the population in the county. Meanwhile in Otter Tail County, more than 4,400 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

Mahnomen county is outperforming similarly sized counties with the vaccine distribution, however. Lincoln county in south-west Minnesota with a population of just over 5,700 has only given 7.2% (412) of its population a dose of the vaccine.

In Minnesota, more than 320,000 residents have had at least one dose of the vaccine.

Current data is available at https://mn.gov/covid19/vaccine/data/index.jsp