COVID-19 vaccine Q&A: Michigan’s path to immunity on pace to take 2 years – Crain’s Detroit Business

Well, it depends on which data you're reading.

As of Monday, the CDC said Michigan had administered first shots at a rate of 2,227 for every 100,000 people, ranking the state 38th in the country and behind every other Great Lakes state: Minnesota (2,788), Indiana (2,724), Illinois (2,613), Ohio (2,597), Pennsylvania (2,385) and Wisconsin (2,323).

If you just consider total vaccine shots administered, Michigan ranks in the top 15 states in line with its population ranking. But Ohio, for example, has received fewer doses of the vaccine (751,250 vs. Michigan's 765,900), but has administered more shots (303,522 vs. Michigan's 222,379) to date, according to the CDC website.

The CDC's figures lag behind the state's data, which has irked the governor.

"We have met with the CDC regularly the frustration about their website is real, if you can feel it," Whitmer said Friday.

Whitmer's office has asked the CDC for permission to let Kroger, Meijer and other in-state pharmacies approved to administer vaccine shots in nursing home and speed up the inoculations.

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