Nearly 50% of Big Islanders have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine

A volunteer fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during the mass vaccination event hosted by Hilo Medical Center at Edith Kanakaole Multi-Purpose Stadium on April 3. (Kelsey Walling/Tribune-Herald)

More than 1.1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Hawaii, including nearly 130,000 on the Big Island.