On Wednesday, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare added 452 new cases and 5 new deaths to its statewide total. As of this morning, more than 257,000 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Earlier this week, the state began publishing demographic data for vaccine recipients, though the data is incomplete. Providers aren’t required to ask patients for their race or ethnicity, and patients aren’t required to supply it. But early data suggests racial disparities. For the 130,000 patients whose race and ethnicity we know, just 6,000 are Hispanic or Latino. Hispanic people make up 12 percent of Idaho’s population, but less than five percent of vaccine recipients.