(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 that 816,203 doses were administered Saturday, 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 CDC numbers released Sunday.
The 7-day average of administered doses is now 662,529 per day, the highest average since July 7.
Per CDC data released Sunday, 168.4 million people are fully vaccinated, or 49.6% of the US population. Among vaccine-eligible Americans -- meaning those who are 12 and older -- 58.1% are fully vaccinated.
Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, hopes the recent surge in cases driven by the Delta variant is changing the minds of the vaccine hesitant, he told CNN's Jake Tapper Sunday. Collins noted that in the last two weeks, vaccination rates have increased 56% nationally.
Fortyplusfour on August 2nd, 2021 at 03:04 UTC »
Had a dude tell me today that I'd be dead from the vaccine within the year so... there's that. Told me every one of the mice they initially administered the vaccine to died within 48 hours of taking it and a year was approximately the same amount of time adjusted for scale (our size relative to mice). I told him that isn't how comparative biology works, to start.
NachoTacocat on August 2nd, 2021 at 02:26 UTC »
A lot of universities are requiring students get vaccinated before the fall semester. Would assume this spike in vaccinations is related.
whowhodillybar on August 2nd, 2021 at 00:03 UTC »
Great news. Let’s just hope it continues to rise and not just a temporary uptick. Still a whole lot of eligible people that haven’t got them, let alone kids that are all going back to school shortly.