1 in 4 U.S. adults has gotten a COVID-19 vaccine, plus other numbers from the vaccination effort
More than 60 million people in the U.S. have gotten at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 31.3 million are fully vaccinated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Monday. The 92 million doses administered means 18.1 percent of the U.S. population has gotten at least one COVID-19 shot, and Andy Slavitt, a public health official who now works at the Biden White House, breaks that down by age group.
VACCINE UPDATE: 60 million Americans have received their first dose.
24% of adults
60% of 65+
70% of 75+Close to 32 million Americans have received their second doses.
12% of adults
30% of 65+
39% of 75+— Andy Slavitt (@aslavitt46) March 8, 2021
That means about 1 in 4 U.S. adults has been inoculated and 12 percent can now, the CDC suggests, resume some semblance of a normal social life. Here are some other numbers from the accelerating COVID-19 vaccination drive:
2.2 million COVID-19 shots now administered daily in the U.S., in the seven-day average
0 percent of Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine included in the CDC's numbers as of Sunday night
44 percent of fully vaccinated U.S. adults, and about half of all adults, are anxious about re-entering normal life, according to soon-to-be published data from the American Psychological Association
25.8 percent of New Mexico's population has gotten at least one vaccine dose
15.8 percent of Alaska's population is fully vaccinated
13.3 percent of Georgia's population has gotten at least one vaccine dose
6.6 percent of Utah's population is fully vaccinated
100 percent of K-12 teachers are eligible to get vaccinated in the U.S. as of Monday — "though the situation is more straightforward in some states than others," The New York Times notes
312 million does (at least) have been administered worldwide in 116 countries, according to Bloomberg's tally.
The U.S. is making steady progress in its vaccination drive, Virginia Tech epidemiologist Lisa M. Lee tells The Wall Street Journal, but logistics continues to be the primary hurdle, "everything from secure and simple registration systems to directing traffic at large vaccination events."
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