GREEN BAY, Wis. (NBC26) -- Just last week, Wisconsin was ranked a top-five worst state for vaccine administration, per data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This week, the situation has taken quite a turn. According to the CDC as of Feb. 3, the Badger State now ranks 20th in the United States in quantity of doses administered at 548,172. That means at least one shot has been given to around 7.9 percent of Wisconsin's population, which puts the state in the top 30 overall ranking in the country.
“We’re on a roll," Deputy Health Services Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk said in Tuesday's DHS media briefing. "We’re moving forward. We promised you we would."
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says the data reported by the CDC lags behind the state's most accurate information on vaccinations. And each state has authority to choose who it prioritizes in the vaccine administration pecking order. Currently, Wisconsin is allotting its supply to healthcare workers, first responders and people over the age of 65.
As of Tuesday, Feb. 2, the DHS lists 659,025 doses have been put into arms statewide out of 986,275 allocated to Wisconsin.
According to the CDC's latest data, the state has used around 59% of its vaccines.
