According to updated data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 100 million people have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
According to the agency’s coronavirus vaccine tracker, more than 157 million COVID-19 vaccines have been administered and 57 million people have been fully vaccinated.
The data also shows that 101,804,762 received at least their first dose, representing 30.7 percent of the US population.
In addition, 57,984,785 are fully vaccinated, which is equivalent to 17.5 percent of the US population.
President Biden
Joe Biden The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden May Find Zero GOP Support for Job Plan Republicans Don’t Think Biden Really Wants to Work With Them Lack of Cyber Funds in Biden Infrastructure Plan raises eyebrows MORE announced earlier this month that his government had already achieved its goal of delivering 100 million shots in his first 100 days in the office.
After reaching the milestone on March 12, the president increased the vaccination target to 200 million doses within the same time frame.
“That’s right: 200 million shots in 100 days,” Biden said last month. “I know it’s ambitious, twice our original goal. But no other country in the world has even come close to what we do. I believe we can.”
Despite advances in vaccination, Biden has urged the American public to remain vigilant, wear masks, and maintain social distance. The president and other public health experts have warned that the progress the US has made in recent months can easily be reversed as new variants of coronavirus spread around the world.
“Too many Americans are pretending this fight is over. It’s not,” Biden said Friday.
The US has witnessed a steady increase in COVID-19 cases across the country in recent weeks with a particularly severe outbreak in Michigan.