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Georgia’s worst-in-the-nation status for COVID vaccination rate is a glaring hole in the state’s fight against the disease. Some hospital officials are pointing to trouble inputting data into the state immunization registry about shots that have been given. Gov. Brian Kemp has talked about “a significant underreporting’’ of how many vaccinations have been carried out. The problem is certainly not a lack of demand for vaccinations. In fact, the opposite is true. County health departments are being overwhelmed by requests for the shots – so much so that Monday’s official launch of...

"We know everyone wants the vaccine, but we plead with you for your patience," Eric Nickens, spokesperson for the DeKalb County of Public Health, said. "There’s only so much vaccine to go around right now. It’s still in limited supply, and we’re only going to open up more appointments once we determine we have more vaccine in place to be able to give shots.” Nickens said DeKalb County opened up registration to book appointments Friday at Noon. By 10 p.m. Friday, DeKalb had more than 13,000 registrations, which prompted officials to pause registration. Appointments in DeKalb County hav...