Are vaccines distributed equally across New York? Are vaccines being distributed evenly across New York? 7 Eyewitness News crunched the numbers to find out. and last updated 2021-02-24 16:51:04-05 ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WKBW) â Are vaccines distributed evenly across New York? 7 Eyewitness News crunched the numbers to find out. First we calculated the population of each region using 2010 census data. This number is just the population. It does not reflect how many people are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, like health care workers or those above 65. The New York State Department of Health shares how many doses each region has received on the state's COVID-19 vaccine tracker website.