Vaccination Rates Among Washington State’s Latinos are Improving, but Challenges Remain

Although Washington State has made significant progress towards vaccinating Latinos against COVID-19, some urban and rural Latinx communities are lagging behind the state as a whole, and remain at significant risk of COVID-19 infections. In fact, data from the state COVID-19 dashboard show higher infection, hospitalization and death rates among Latinos compared with Whites.1 The CDC’s recent recommendations for booster vaccinations and the anticipated expansion of eligibility to include 5-11 year-olds will add to the number of Latinos needing vaccination in our state.