Vaccines for the coronavirus are now being distributed, starting with frontline health care workers, first responders, and long term care staff and residents. Maryland and Virginia have released online dashboards tracking information on the vaccination effort, including demographics.

Data shows that most of the people who’ve received the coronavirus vaccine so far in Maryland and Virginia — at least those for whom demographic information is available — are white and female.

In Maryland, the state’s department of health data shows that more than 10,400 people have been vaccinated with a first dose as of Tuesday. The majority of those initially vaccinated — a little less than 70% — are white. At least 11% of those vaccinated are Black and less than 4% are Hispanic or Latino.

In Virginia, 19,943 vaccine doses have been administered. More than 11,000 of the doses have gone to women, and nearly 6,000 to men (in about 2,600 cases, the recipient’s gender identity was not reported).

The new Virginia dashboard includes some race and ethnicity information for people getting the vaccine, but in the majority of cases — 18,412 to be exact — that information was not available. For the handful of people whose race and ethnicity were reported, the majority are white: 937 white people received the vaccine, compared to 392 Latinx people, 71 Black people, and 65 Asian or Pacific Islanders.

Providers in Virginia are not required to give information about race, ethnicity, or sex, according to a note on the dashboard. Early in the pandemic, the state department of health was criticized by activists for providing incomplete demographic information about COVID cases among Latinx residents and other groups. Communities of color in the state — and around the region — have been hit hardest by COVID-19.

Both states are also releasing information about where the vaccines have been distributed on a regional level. Virginia has county-by-county information. So, for instance, 849 people in Fairfax County have been vaccinated. Maryland has grouped counties together into regional clusters. In the National Capital Region, which encompasses Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, Charles County, and Frederick County, 1,509 people have received a vaccine dose.

The data reflects reporting from hospitals that are administering the vaccine to frontline healthcare workers. The data will eventually expand as the supply of vaccines increases to healthcare facilities across the state, including nursing homes and health clinics.

Dr. Jinlene Chan, deputy secretary for public health services at Maryland’s department of health, says the data will help inform the department’s outreach and communications with the general public and healthcare providers.

“It is critical to our broader strategic planning and helps us respond appropriately as information continues to develop rapidly,” Jinlene said in a statement Wednesday.

Healthcare workers and first responders are getting the vaccine in phase 1A of the state’s vaccine distribution plan. Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday that the state’s elderly at nursing homes and assisted living facilities would now receive the vaccine as well.

“Though we know this is a difficult time of year for people to be apart from their loved ones, today marks an incredible turning point in our fight against COVID-19. It is another moment of hope in this long battle,” Hogan said in a statement.