Over 1 million other folks in U.S. delight in bought the COVID-19 vaccine

Extra than 1 million other folks within the U.S. delight in bought the main dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine as of Wednesday, in step with the Centers for Disease Regulate and Prevention.

Why it matters: The U.S. started its largest vaccination marketing campaign in U.S. history final week as COVID-19 conditions, hospitalizations and deaths surged nationwide.

By the numbers:

• 9,465,725 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines delight in been dispensed as of Wednesday.
• 1,008,025 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine delight in been administered.
• Of show: The CDC would not but delight in data on the number of the Moderna vaccine doses administered. The FDA granted Moderna an emergency employ authorization for its vaccine behind final week.
• The U.S. has recorded over 18 million confirmed COVID-19 conditions and more than 324,000 deaths as of Wednesday afternoon, per Johns Hopkins University data.
• Some 117,777 other folks had been hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Tuesday night, in step with the COVID Tracking Mission.

The wide record: Health care workers and other folks living in long-term care facilities, as well to some lawmakers, had been the main to receive the vaccine within the U.S.

• A CDC advisory board suggested that americans over the age of 75 and entrance-line vital workers be within the subsequent team to receive the vaccine.

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