The current U.S. vaccination rate is the highest it's been in a nearly month as the Indian 'Delta' variant drives rising COVID-19 cases among unvaccinated Americans.
An average of 673,000 doses were administered each day in the week ending August 2, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
This is the highest daily average seen since July 8, after which the average of shots administered per day fell below 600,000.
Some of the states with the highest vaccination increases right now are also the states bearing the brunt of this new Covid surge, such as Louisiana, where daily vaccinations have more than doubled in the past three weeks.
Still, it could take months for under-vaccinated states to catch up to parts of the country that are more protected against Delta.
More Americans are getting vaccinated as Delta drives surges across the country. Pictured: Vaccination at a clinic in Wilmington, California on July 29
The U.S. is now administering an average of 673,000 shots a day, compared to under 600,000 throughout the month of July
On Monday, the U.S. finally hit President Biden's big vaccination goal - 70 percent of adults have now received at least one dose.
This goal was originally set for July 4, but it's still a notable achievement as cases surge across the country.
Along with meeting that goal, more Americans are getting vaccinated now than earlier in the summer.
The CDC reported more than 700,000 new doses administered for five days in a row, from last Wednesday through Sunday.
As of Tuesday, the daily average hit 673,185 doses each day, which is the highest daily average since July 7 when the average was 732,848 doses.
The U.S. had administered under 600,000 doses a day throughout the month of July.
This number is a fraction of the daily doses administered during the peak of America's vaccination campaign - in mid-April, over three million doses were administered a day.
Still, public health officials are encouraged by the rising numbers, since it means more Americans are becoming protected against the Delta variant.
The U.S. is now seeing more than 80,000 new cases a day, according to data from Johns Hopkins.
That's the highest case number since February - and more than 80 percent of those cases are caused by the Delta variant.
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