Justice will continue sweepstake prizes, despite vaccine numbers trending downward

Published June 23, 2021 3:00pm ET



Although West Virginia’s vaccination numbers continue to trend downward, Gov. Jim Justice intends to continue weekly sweepstake prizes as an incentive to boost the state’s performance.

The state administered fewer than 5,300 vaccines in the past week as numbers have been trending downward in the past month. According to Department of Health and Human Service data, the best day for vaccines last week was Thursday, with 1,517. The previous week, the best day was Thursday with 1,922. In the previous two weeks, the best was 2,255 and 2,580 respectively.

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