The U.S. COVID-19 vaccine rollout is beginning to slow down once again, especially in the deep South.
Just over 800,000 Americans are getting shots every day, a ten percent decrease from the previous week, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The drop may partly be due to Labor Day weekend, during which many traveled or participated in other activities rather than getting jabbed.
A similar drop also happened after July 4, though it took a while for daily vaccines to reach previous levels.
In the South, where Covid vaccination rates are the lowest and more shots are needed the most, the amount of people receiving the shots every day has declined the most.
Louisiana has had the most significant drop, with daily vaccines dropping 50 percent with the past three weeks after Hurricane Ida rampaged through the state at the end of August.
One week ago, on September 1, more than 900,000 Americans were receiving a COVID-19 shot every day.
That figure was reached after climbing from mid-July to early September - with many possibly being driven to get the shots due to a surge in cases fueled by the Delta variant.
Jabs distributed every day have begun to decline over the past week, falling to an 810,000 seven day average over the past seven days.
The South, in particular, has seen a far fall in daily vaccines distributed over the past few weeks.
In Louisiana, the far drop in daily jabs used can partially be attributed to Hurricane Ida, which smashed the state's south coast at the end of last month.
On August 21, before the storm arrived, the state was distributing 23,000 shots per day, according to the CDC.
That figure has fallen all the way to 11,000 as of Wednesday.
The hurricane left much of New Orleans - the largest city in
