The United States administered 4 million COVID-19 vaccines in one day and has already exceeded 200 million doses

The United States on Friday surpassed 202 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in the country, and states currently have over 55 million doses, which This bodes well for President Joe Biden’s vaccination goal in his first 100 days in office.

As of Friday, 202,282,923 vaccines against covid-19 had been applied in the North American country, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC, for its figures in English). About 128 million people have received a dose and 80,609,818 people are fully immunized, which represents the 24.3% of the country’s population.

Among the most vaccinated demographic groups are those 65 years of age and olderSince 64.6% of this population is fully immune and 80.4% has received at least one dose.

Two weeks after Biden’s first 100 days in office, numbers predict that will be able to meet its proposed target in mid-March, when it raised its projection to 200 million doses of the covid-19 vaccine administered under his government on April 30.

When Biden assumed the presidency on January 20, the country had administered 16.5 million doses under the administration of Donald Trump, so that during his tenure almost 186 million were administered. In this way, he has a little over 14 million to reach his goal.

New Hampshire is the most advanced state in vaccination having administered at least one dose of the vaccine to 70.2% of its population aged over 18 years, followed by New Mexico, which has covered 59% of its adults.

Other northern states like Dakota del sur (55.5%) and Vermont (55.4%) also have very good vaccination rates among those over 18.

California, the most populous state in the United States with around 40 million people, 40% of whom are Latin Americans, successfully administered a dose of the vaccine to 53.3% of its people over the age of 18.

The Golden State ranks 11th out of all states, according to the CDC, and ranks ahead of other densely populated states in adult immunizations, including Pennsylvania (51.8%); New York (51.3%); Texas (45%) and Florida (44.8%).

The good immunization numbers are happening despite the fact that Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine was discontinued earlier this week following a recommendation from the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate six cases of a “rare and serious” type of blood clot in women who received this vaccine.

The government had planned that This measure would not have a “significant impact” on its strategy for vaccinating the population against covid-19.

Likewise, the figures are revealed in the middle of a Administration warning for the increase in coronavirus infections and deaths in recent days in the country, especially in the Midwest, in part due to the increased threat posed by the new variants.

The director of the CDC, Rochelle Walensky, insisted at a press conference on Friday on the need to continue vaccinations to vaccinate as soon as possible as many citizens as possible.

He added that The CDC will meet again on Friday, April 23 to study the future of the Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccine.

In any case, the experts pointed out that the country has enough vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer to continue immunizing the population.

With information from EFE

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