FOXBOROUGH, MA - JANUARY 15: A police officer receives his COVID-19 vaccination at Gillette Staium's vaccination site on January 15, 2021 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. First responders and healthcare workers will be first to recieve the vaccinations at the stadium, starting with around 300 people per day, but advancing to thousands per day soon after. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
The United States reported a million new COVID-19 vaccinations on Friday, marking the biggest one-day number of inoculations since July.
According to Cyrus Shapar, the White House’s COVID-19 data director, around 918,000 vaccinations were administered on Friday.
In mid-July, the U.S.’ average number of shots per day was about 500,000 – that number has now jumped to 700,000, according to the CDC.
However, the U.S. is still lagging behind its April vaccination rate, which averaged about three million shots a day.
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White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain tweeted about the recent vaccination surge: “Strongest 24 hours of vaccinations since before July 4th. Vaccine requirements and incentives are starting to pay off – as well as the tragedy of seeing so much needless illness and loss due to Delta’s impact on the unvaccinated.”
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