CDC ranking: NC COVID-19 vaccine effort leaps from almost bottom to near the top Adam Wagner, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Jan. 29—Over the last week, North Carolina has climbed up the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's rankings of states with the highest rate of COVID-19 vaccine delivery. According to the CDC, 322,294 people in North Carolina have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine since last Friday. That brings the total to 728,551 residents who have gotten at least one dose. The sheer number of vaccinations shot North Carolina up the rankings from 40th in first doses administered per 100,000 residents last week to 12th on Friday. Where 3,874 of every 100,000 residents had received at least one dose last week, 6,946 had this week.