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U.S. averaging a half-million new vaccinations per day for the first time since June

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Thu, 2021-08-12 18:00 — mike kraft
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The United States is averaging about half a million new coronavirus vaccinations per day for the first time since June, officials with the White House covid-19 response team said Thursday.

During an afternoon news briefing, the team praised the nation’s vaccination progress. Task force head Jeffrey Zients noted that the average number of 12- to 17-year-olds getting the shots has doubled in the last month as students return to classrooms.

 

States with the highest virus case rates have made the greatest strides in increasing immunizations, he said. The average number of shots given per day has nearly tripled in Arkansas and quadrupled in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi in the last month.

“We’re getting more shots in arms in the places that need them the most,” Zients said. “That’s what it’s going to take to end this pandemic: More vaccinations, more Americans doing their part and rolling up their sleeve.”

The vaccination news comes as the nation continues to experience an increase in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Ninety percent of U.S. counties are now experiencing substantial or high transmission of the virus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said.

She noted, “Those at highest risk remain people who have not yet been vaccinated.” ...

In other developments:

  • A surge in coronavirus patients and a shortage of health-care workers and intensive care unit beds have pushed Mississippi’s hospital system to the brink of “failure,” state health officials warned Wednesday, saying drastic federal intervention was needed.
  • The spread of the delta variant is igniting covid hot spots in highly-vaccinated parts of the United States.
  • Americans are sneaking extra coronavirus shots as officials are weighing who should receive them.
  • Hospitals in coronavirus hot spots across the U.S. are struggling with staff shortages. The problem is particularly acute in the South, where the delta variant and low vaccination rates are driving record hospitalizations.
  • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) is mandating masks inside all K-12 schools, even for the vaccinated.

The White House covid-19 response team confirmed that the Food and Drug Administration plans to authorize extra doses of coronavirus vaccines for patients with weakened immune systems. ...

 

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