CDC reports record number of daily Covid-19 vaccinations as states struggle with supply

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Fri, 2021-01-22 19:58 — mike kraft

CDC reports record number of daily Covid-19 vaccinations as states struggle with supply The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported its biggest one-day increase in Covid-19 vaccinations Friday as more states said they are struggling with vaccine supply. Theresa Waldrop, Madeline Holcombe and Jason Hanna, CNN CNN

(CNN) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported its biggest one-day increase in Covid-19 vaccinations Friday as more states said they are struggling with vaccine supply.

The CDC said Friday that nearly 1.6 million more doses of the vaccines have been administered, bringing the total of doses given to more than 19 million.

And 1 million new shots were reported in the previous 24-hour period, according to changes in CDC data from Wednesday morning to Thursday morning. That was only the second time a one-day increase rose above 1 million. The number of administered doses reported this week also was 22% higher than last week.

While vaccinations are taking off, more states are complaining that they don't have enough vaccine. New York will run out of Covid-19 vaccine doses Friday after using 97% of the first doses it received, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

In Louisiana, there's no need to set up a mass vaccination site because the state doesn't have enough vaccine doses to make it worthwhile, said Gov. John Bel Edwards.

People in Louisiana are "anxiously awaiting increasing allocations" of vaccine, Edwards said Friday. "We're gearing up now to prepare for those increasing allocations, so that while we're not doing mass vaccination events currently, we are planning and preparing for those," he said.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said his state doesn't need more distribution locations either but needs more doses of the vaccines. ...

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the White House has asked the CDC to look into the possibility that states might run out of their allocated doses. ...

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