Utah gov apologizes for COVID-19 vaccine data error: 'We screwed up'
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Utah’s governor apologized Monday for an apparent error in COVID-19 vaccination data reporting.
Cox, a Republican, said that rather than rush to announce the milestone benchmark, "we decided to wait a few days to double- and triple-check the numbers." He said that once all reports confirmed the number, officials went ahead and announced it. Cox’s office had tweeted out on July 6 that the state reached its 70% vaccination goal, two days after President Biden’s deadline. In tweets explaining the data, Cox’s office said the state’s health department showed 65.2% of adult Utahns had received at least one dose, but that the data did not include shots administered by the VA, Department of Defense, correctional facilities or Indian Health Services. After adding those doses to the number reported by the health department, officials calculated that the percentage of adults with at least one dose was 70.2%.More Related News