More than 100 million people have received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine, according to updated data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
According to the agency’s coronavirus vaccine tracker, more than 157 million COVID-19 vaccines have been administered and 57 million people are fully vaccinated.
The data also show that 101,804,762 have received at least the first dose, which represents 30.7 percent of the American population.
In addition, 57,984,785 are fully vaccinated, representing 17.5 percent of the U.S. population.
President Biden
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After surpassing the milestone on March 12, the president raised the vaccine target to 200 million doses in the same time period.
“It’s true: 200 million shots in 100 days,” Biden said last month. “I know it’s ambitious, double our original goal. But no other country in the world has even come close, not even close to what we’re doing. I think we can do it.”
Despite the progress of vaccination, Biden has urged the American public to remain alert, put on masks and maintain social distancing. The president and other public health experts have warned that the progress made by the United States in recent months could easily undo as new variants of the coronavirus spread around the world.
“There are too many Americans acting like this fight is over. It’s not,” Biden said Friday.
The United States has witnessed a steady increase in COVID-19 cases across the country in recent weeks, with a particularly severe outbreak in Michigan.