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15h ago
U.S. Covid Vaccinations Rise to Levels Not Seen Since the Spring
Drew Armstrong, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- The number of people getting a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine has risen to almost half a million a day, a level last seen at the end of May when the U.S. vaccination campaign was still in full swing in much of the country.
Unlike the spring rollout, however, the new bump in vaccinations has been driven by counties in the South, which earlier in the year were among the most resistant to getting the shots and still have lower rates of vaccination than many other places.
Those regions, however, have been hit by a fast-moving wave of Covid infections that have sent thousands of people to the hospital.
In the southeastern U.S., the number of people being hospitalized with Covid-19 each day has reached record levels, eclipsing the peak previously seen over the winter. In an eight-state region that includes Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina, about 4,600 people a day are being admitted to the hospital each day. Much of the wave of cases has been driven by the highly transmissible delta variant of the virus, which now makes up the majority of cases in the U.S.
On Monday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee urged residents to get a Covid-19 shot. The state has been a laggard; only 47% of residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine. The average across the U.S. is 60%...
15h ago
U.S. Covid Vaccinations Rise to Levels Not Seen Since the Spring
Drew Armstrong, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- The number of people getting a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine has risen to almost half a million a day, a level last seen at the end of May when the U.S. vaccination campaign was still in full swing in much of the country.
Unlike the spring rollout, however, the new bump in vaccinations has been driven by counties in the South, which earlier in the year were among the most resistant to getting the shots and still have lower rates of vaccination than many other places.
Those regions, however, have been hit by a fast-moving wave of Covid infections that have sent thousands of people to the hospital.
In the southeastern U.S., the number of people being hospitalized with Covid-19 each day has reached record levels, eclipsing the peak previously seen over the winter. In an eight-state region that includes Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina, about 4,600 people a day are being admitted to the hospital each day. Much of the wave of cases has been driven by the highly transmissible delta variant of the virus, which now makes up the majority of cases in the U.S.
On Monday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee urged residents to get a Covid-19 shot. The state has been a laggard; only 47% of residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine. The average across the U.S. is 60%...