(AP) — Hawaiʻi health officials had to revise the state’s coronavirus vaccination rate after providers counted booster shots as first doses. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the percentage of residents who received at least one dose was lower than previously reported and the number booster shots given is higher. Hawaiʻi is using its own vaccination registry instead of the Vaccine Administration Management System developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble said the data overhaul will allow the CDC to correct a discrepancy between its data and state records for vaccination rates. The federal count had been about 10% lower than the state’s tally.

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