New York reports that there are less than 1,000 doses of vaccine amid delays in winter transportation

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New York City reported less than 1,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday, according to data from the city’s website, amid a shortage of delivery due to the intense winter weather that has hit parts of the United States.

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The New York City government website reports that 1,471,948 vaccine doses have been administered to date, including 873,223 first doses and 453,816 second doses.

The states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and others have experienced a winter storm and freezing temperatures that have made roads unsafe, caused power outages and damaged pipes, leaving Americans with drinking water.

The White House said Friday that it estimated that the extreme weather has created an accumulation of six million doses of coronavirus, as two major vaccine transportation sites in Memphis, Tennessee, and Louisville, Ky., Experienced an operational slowdown.

Andy Slavitt, a White House senior adviser on the coronavirus response, said the weather had caused delays affecting all 50 states at various points in the supply chain.

As of Friday, more than 2,000 vaccination sites were in areas without electricity and could not accept doses, The New York Times reported.

Although warmer temperatures rose in Texas and other states over the weekend, The Associated Press reported that approximately 70 people had died this week in states affected by severe winter weather.

Many deaths were due to hypothermia from freezing temperatures, as well as other related events such as car accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning and house fires.

And while millions of Texans regained power on Friday, more than 40,000 people in Texas were left without electricity on Saturday evening, according to poweroutage.us.

Gov. John Bel Edwards (D-La.) Announced Thursday that approximately one million people did not have access to safe drinking water, adding that there were multiple boiling warnings issued by the state.

Earlier in the week, Oklahoma had also been the subject of power outages intended to save energy, according to KOCO News. On Saturday night, the state appeared to have no cuts, according to poweroutage.us.

– Celine Castronuovo contributed to this report

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