According to a report, more Americans have been vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Monday who have not been infected with the disease as inoculation continues nationally.
According to a Bloomberg vaccine tracker, 26.5 million people in the U.S. have already received at least one dose of the vaccine, surpassing the 26.2 million cases of coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.
“It’s worth noting that today, for the first time, the data said more people were being vaccinated than were reported as newly diagnosed cases,” Paula Cannon, a professor at the Keck School of Medicine in the United University of Southern California.
“It simply came to our notice then. I’m all for this win, ”he said.
The milestone comes at a time when the United States is leading the world in terms of daily coronavirus vaccine rates, with about 1.35 million doses administered per day, according to Bloomberg.
About 7.8% of Americans have now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 1.8% of the population is fully vaccinated, according to the report.