Frustration among some San Diego residents is rising as it was revealed that thousands of people who have been vaccinated in the county don't actually live here.
A recent investigation by NBC7 found that 23,249 people who have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in San Diego County live outside of the county's jurisdiction.
Vaccination figures that were released on Wednesday, February 24, showed that people living outside of the county made up 4% of fully vaccinated individuals in San Diego County.
San Diego County officials told NBC7 that a majority of those "out of jurisdiction" vaccines have been given to people who work in San Diego County but don't live here.
During Wednesday's COVID-19 news briefing, County Supervisor Chair Nathan Fletcher said that the county doesn't think it's a problem.
"If individual works here every single day and they can get the vaccine, then that is OK," said Fletcher. "We think the overwhelming majority of a really tiny percentage of the total [vaccines] are going to people that are outside the county because they are [working] here."
After looking into the state's official COVID-19 website, NBC7 found that residency is not a factor when it comes to getting the COVID-19 vaccine in California.
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