38% of Des Moines County residents Fully Vaccinated

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Burlington, IA-  According to data from the Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines County has vaccinated 38% of residents.

The Hawk Eye reports that the number of vaccine doses was up slightly from the previous week for a total of 37,637 vaccines administered.

As of Tuesday, 38% of people living in Des Moines County have either been fully vaccinated with a two-shot variety of the vaccine, such as Pfizer or Moderna, or received a single shot variety, Johnson & Johnson.

This comes as coronavirus cases have been trending up slightly, largely in part due to the more contagious delta variant.