Coronavirus

The Indian Health Service continues to work closely with our tribal partners and state and local public health officials to coordinate a comprehensive public health response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The federal government is working closely with state, local, tribal, and territorial partners, as well as public health partners, to respond to this public health threat.

The IHS has received nearly $3 billion in funding to provide resources for IHS, tribal, and urban Indian health programs to prepare for and respond to the coronavirus pandemic. We have worked closely with tribes and urban Indian organizations throughout this pandemic to get resources out to facilities as quickly as possible.

The IHS is committed to COVID-19 vaccine availability for all individuals within our health system. The IHS is working diligently with our CDC partners to report and validate vaccine administration data. Information on the number of COVID-19 vaccines administered across the IHS can be found on the CDC COVID Data Tracker

More information on the IHS response can be found in the IHS Covid-19 Response 100 Day Review [PDF] and Executive Summary [PDF]. This report covers actions taken by the IHS to support federal, tribal, and Urban Indian Organizations between March 6, 2020 through June 14, 2020.

For the latest general information about COVID-19, we encourage everyone to periodically review CDC’s COVID-19 webpage .

COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration by IHS Area

As of March 22, 2021, the IHS is distributing vaccine allocations of the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine. The table below shows the total number of vaccine doses distributed and administered per IHS Area to date.

Area	Total Doses Distributed*	Total Doses Administered**
Albuquerque	104,855	83,854
Bemidji	92,345	66,456
Billings	40,765	28,523
California	132,935	64,183
Great Plains	91,720	54,809
Nashville	54,265	34,923
Navajo	221,325	166,882
Oklahoma City	420,920	213,611
Phoenix	133,730	84,675
Portland	59,995	46,842
Tucson^	7,300	5,470
Grand Total	1,360,155	850,228

*Distributed Data Source: IHS National Supply Service Center, includes total doses ordered and anticipated to be delivered by March 12, 2021.

**Administered Data Source: CDC Clearinghouse data from Vaccine Administration Management System (VAMS) and IHS Central Aggregator Service (CAS). Data in the CDC Clearinghouse reflects prior day data. Data may be different than actual data as there are known CDC data lags and ongoing quality review of data including resolving data errors.

^The Tucson Area vaccine administration data is currently being validated.

Note: Alaska Area – all tribes chose to receive COVID-19 vaccine from the State of Alaska.

COVID-19 Cases by IHS Area

Data are reported from IHS, tribal, and urban Indian organization facilities, though reporting by tribal and urban programs is voluntary. Data reflect cases reported to the IHS through 11:59 pm on March 25, 2021.

IHS.gov and all related web services are offline for approximately 48 hours starting 4.45 PM ET Friday, March 26th.
IHS anticipates updating COVID testing data on Sunday evening, March 28th.

IHS Area	Tested	Positive	Negative	Cumulative percent positive *	7-day rolling average positivity *
Alaska	557,205	11,478	472,922	2.4%	0.8%
Albuquerque	91,328	8,059	62,427	11.4%	3.0%
Bemidji	149,684	10,406	135,732	7.1%	3.9%
Billings	95,989	7,340	85,340	7.9%	2.0%
California	74,858	7,746	63,850	10.8%	5.0%
Great Plains	137,042	14,054	122,461	10.3%	3.3%
Nashville	72,562	5,990	65,839	8.3%	2.9%
Navajo	235,738	31,302	160,850	16.3%	3.5%
Oklahoma City	467,244	60,011	402,196	13.0%	2.8%
Phoenix	168,158	23,265	144,034	13.9%	3.5%
Portland	109,516	7,418	101,432	6.8%	3.3%
Tucson	25,277	2,730	22,394	10.9%	1.7%
Total	2,184,601	189,799	1,839,477	9.4%	2.5%

* Cumulative percent positive and 7-day rolling average positivity are updated three days per week.

Website last updated March 26, 2021