Reporting COVID-19 Vaccination Data for Long-Term Care Facilities
CDC’s COVID Data Tracker also provides data about vaccination in long-term care facilities. These data include:
- Total number of vaccine doses administered to residents and staff in long-term care facilities
- Number of people (residents and staff) in long-term care facilities who have received at least one dose
- Number of people (residents and staff) in long-term care facilities who have are fully vaccinated
chart iconCOVID-19 Data Tracker
View data on Federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care (LTC) Program
Doses distributed information for the Federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care (LTC) Program is no longer being reported because distribution data cannot be separated for the Federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care (LTC) Program, the pharmacy retail transfer program, and doses distributed from state allocations directly to pharmacies.
Timing of data updates
Pharmacy partners report to CDC on doses administered as part of the Federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-term Care (LTC) Program within 72 hours of administration.
Long-Term Care Facilities Data Definitions
Issues the COVID-19 Vaccine Data Tracker Cannot Address
Tribal Nations CDC’s COVID Data Tracker does not include a breakdown of vaccine delivered and administered to Tribal Nations.
Wastage CDC is tracking the number of manufactured vaccine doses that are not administered (wastage). However, this information is not currently available on the COVID Data Tracker. A small amount of wastage is expected in any vaccination program.
Data Reporting Timeline
Data on doses of vaccine delivered and administered include data received by CDC as of 6:00 am ET on the day of reporting. Vaccination data in CDC’s COVID Data Tracker are updated daily between 1:30 pm and 8:00 pm ET. For Federal holidays, updates will occur the following day.
There are also variations to the time for the demographic, LTCF, and county-level pages. Please see those pages for more information.
Downloading Data
Users can download .CSV files of all data presented on CDC’s COVID Data Tracker. Additional vaccination data sets for COVID-19 and other diseases can be found at https://data.cdc.gov/browse?category=Vaccinations.
Original Article: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/distributing/long-term-care-facility-vaccination-data.html