48.8 Percent Of Waukesha Vaccinated: Wisconsin Vaccination Rates

WAUKESHA, WI — The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) released maps with more detail about the local rates of vaccination against COVID-19 last week.

The new data draws from the Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR) to establish geographic data about local vaccine rates, a news release from the DHS said. No personal information is released with the new maps, the DHS news release said.

"Breaking down existing vaccination data by these additional geographies offers new ways for people to understand COVID-19 activity within their communities and will allow us to determine where we need to focus our ongoing vaccination outreach efforts," DHS Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake said.

According to DHS data from July 14, 50.9 percent of Wisconsin residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The total amount of vaccine distribution has been trending downwards, though. The DHS data shows that 48.1 percent of people in Wisconsin are fully vaccinated.

DHS data shows that vaccination rates across Wisconsin have dropped from a peak of 428,303 per week in April, to only 55,263 vaccinations in the final week of June.

See below how Waukesha's vaccination rate stacks up from new DHS data:

Waukesha - Population 72,412

• 48.8 percent, or 35,321 people, have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
• 46.5 percent, or ‎33,659 people, completed vaccination against COVID-19.

See the interactive maps and in depth data on the Wisconsin DHS website.

John Quinnies contributed to this article.