US Nearing 420,000 Daily COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

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China has overtaken the US and is currently leading all countries in total vaccine administrations.

As of Monday, the United States has administered more than 6.6 million doses of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine to its population, per estimated counts from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and University of Oxford.

In the past week, discussions surrounding the novel strains of COVID-19 have increased, with an emphasis on whether or not the currently authorized vaccines will retain their efficacy. In a yet-to-be reviewed set of in vitro data from Pfizer and the University of Texas Medical Branch, the BNT162b2 vaccine proved to be effective in preventing the mutated strains that are spreading across the globe. Other companies, most notably Moderna, have also expressed hopes that their vaccines will remain efficacious against the new variants.

Additionally, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently issued an alert that the SARS-CoV-2 mutations can potentially cause false negative results in COVID-19 tests. The tests impacted include MesaBiotech Accula, TaqPath COVID-19 Combo Kit, and Linea COVID-19 Assay Kit. The FDA stated that they will continue monitoring the variants to ensure the authorized tests keep providing accurate results.

China
9 million
0.63 per 100
United States
6.69 million
2.02 per 100
Israel
1.81 million
20.93 per 100
United Kingdom
1.32 million
1.94 per 100
United Arab Emirates
1.17 million
11.8 per 100
Russia
800,000
0.55 per 100
Italy
643,219
1.06 per 100
Germany
613,347
0.73 per 100
Canada
319,938
0.85 per 100
Spain
277,976
0.59 per 100

Data TableData per Our World in Data (Jan 11, 2021, 12 AM EST)

While Texas, California and New York remain the most vaccinated, other states like North Carolina and Michigan have since broken into the top 10.

Texas
618,298
2.13 per 100
California
584,366
1.48 per 100
New York
434,802
2.19 per 100
Florida
402,802
1.87 per 100
Illinois
234,051
1.81 per 100
Pennsylvania
226,478
1.76 per 100
Ohio
223,424
1.92 per 100
Tennessee
196,642
2.97 per 100
North Carolina
178,136
1.71 per 100
Michigan
156,251
1.57 per 100

Data TableData per CDC COVID-19 Tracker (Jan 8, 2021, 9 AM EST)

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