According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Butler County has had one of the most successful COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in the entire state.

“(Vaccine distribution) has gone really, really well,” said Karen Allen, chief nursing officer at Butler Health System. “It was a huge operation to put together, and it's gone so well for us.”

Allen has served as administrator for the vaccine clinic and as an overseer on the vaccine committee for the health system.

According to the state health department's vaccine database, Butler County has the sixth highest number of fully vaccinated individuals per 100,000 residents, 47,589.4, among all Pennsylvania counties.

That number effectively means that about 47.6% of Butler County's population has received either both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or the single does of the J&J vaccine. It is the highest rate among all of Butler's surrounding counties other than Allegheny (50.8%).

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