US records nearly 864,000 Covid vaccines administered on Wednesday - highest ...

US records nearly 864,000 Covid vaccines administered on Wednesday - highest ...
US records nearly 864,000 Covid vaccines administered on Wednesday - highest ...

The U.S. recorded the highest number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in a single day in more than a month.

On Wednesday, there were nearly 864,000 shots in arms, including 585,000 Americans getting their first doses.

Several of the states with the highest vaccine demand are also those seeing the worst Covid surges, such as Florida, where daily vaccinations have jumped by about 67 percent in the past month.

The upticks come as the Indian 'Delta' variant drives a rapid case rise and both governments and businesses announce vaccine requirements for workers and customers.

'Clearly, Americans are seeing the impact of being unvaccinated and unprotected, and they respond by doing their part, rolling up their sleeve, and getting vaccinated,' Jeff Zients, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, said at a press briefing on Thursday.

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The U.S. recorded nearly 864,000 Covid vaccinations on Wednesday, including 585,000 first doses - the highest daily count in more than a month, Zients announced

The U.S. recorded nearly 864,000 Covid vaccinations on Wednesday, including 585,000 first doses - the highest daily count in more than a month, Zients announced

Daily vaccinations in the U.S. have more than doubled in the past three weeks in states with the highest case rates, Zients said

Daily vaccinations in the U.S. have more than doubled in the past three weeks in states with the highest case rates, Zients said

After millions of Americans eagerly waited in line for vaccination in the winter and spring, the vaccine demand slowed in the summer.

Now, however, vaccinations are ticking back up as Americans seek to protect themselves against the rapidly-spreading Delta variant.

On August 5, the U.S. reported 864,000 new Covid vaccines administered the previous day, which is the highest single-day total since July 3.

That number included 585,000 first doses - Americans getting newly vaccinated with the first shot in a two-dose series - which is a figure not seen since July 1.

Some of the states seeing the fastest-growing vaccine demand are also the states with the highest case rates.

'We've more than doubled the average number of people newly vaccinated each day over the past three weeks in the states with the highest case rates,' Zients said.

Florida and Texas are bearing the brunt of the current Covid surge. These two states have accounted for one-third of new cases and hospitalizations in the past week.

Several other southern states are

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