(CNN) The rate of Covid-19 vaccinations in the United States continues to rise, a positive sign amid skyrocketing cases and hospitalizations after weeks of lagging inoculations.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Sunday that 816,203 additional doses were administered, the fifth straight day the agency recorded more than 700,000 shots in arms. That brings the total number of doses administered to 346,456,669, according to the CDC numbers released Sunday.
The seven-day average of administered doses is now 662,529 per day, the highest average since July 7.
Additionally, Sunday was the third day in a row that the seven-day average of people getting their first shots topped 400,000. The last time that metric was over 400,000 was the July Fourth weekend.
That's still less than a quarter of the peak in mid-April, when nearly 2 million people were getting their first shot each day.
BossAtlas on August 2nd, 2021 at 10:34 UTC »
How easy is it to get vaccinated? Do you need appointments? Or can you just walk into a corner pharmacy and get it same day? Is one better than the other?
labatomi on August 2nd, 2021 at 08:01 UTC »
Wow that’s fucking crazy. I went to CVS on Saturday to buy some bandaids and stuff. So I happened to ask the pharmacist if I needed an appointment or anything and he gave me the shot right then and there. Must’ve been something in the air that day. I go to CVS almost weekly and never have it much though.
Warlord68 on August 2nd, 2021 at 04:03 UTC »
Great news, too bad it took so many people getting sick and losing their lives.