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CDC Says Over 40% Of US Population Fully Vaccinated Against COVID

by Colleen Fleiss on May 29 2021 11:02 PM

CDC Says Over 40% Of US Population Fully Vaccinated Against COVID
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed over 40% of the American population have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 till date.
Among the fully vaccinated, over 40 million are people aged 65 years and older, it added.

Over 292 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered across the US so far, according to the update.

Over 157 million Pfizer/BioNTech doses and 123 million Moderna doses have been administered in the country, while 10.6 million Johnson & Johnson shots have been administered, the CDC data added.

So far, 10 states have reached President Joe Biden's goal of vaccinating 70 per cent of adults by July 4 with at least one dose.

In the update, the CDC also predicted that Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths across the country will fall over the next four weeks.

It said that there will be a total of 596,000 to 606,000 Covid-19 deaths by June 19.

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The US has so far registered a total of 32,869,009 confirmed coronavirus cases and 586,890 deaths.

The two tallies are the highest in the world.

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Source-IANS


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