As of Monday, more Americans had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine than tested positive for the disease, according to Bloomberg’s vaccine detection.
Bloomberg data on vaccinations show that 26.5 million Americans received one or more doses of the vaccine, surpassing the total of nearly 26.3 million cases of coronavirus Johns Hopkins University recorded.
Bloomberg’s vaccination detection found that the U.S. vaccinated people at a higher rate than any other country, with about 1.34 million shots per day.
Since the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine first became available in the U.S. last month, followed by the Moderna vaccine, nearly 7.8 percent of Americans have received one or more doses of vaccine and have 1.8 percent, or 5.82 million, receiving the required two doses. .
According to Bloomberg, three other countries have reached the milestone of getting more vaccinations than confirmed cases before the US: Israel, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates.
In the US, deaths and hospitalizations rose to unprecedented heights in January and have only just begun to decline.
The vaccinations bring the country closer to herd immunity, which will prevent the virus from spreading. Health experts – including the US’s leading expert in infectious diseases, Anthony Fauci
Anthony FauciFauci says Johnson and Johnson vaccine is useful in COVID-19 control despite lower efficacy. The appropriate use of PCR is necessary for a focused response to the pandemic. – estimates that between 70 percent and 85 percent of the U.S. population needs to be vaccinated to reach that point.
Countries around the world are currently dealing with COVID-19 variants, first found in the UK and South Africa, which are believed to be more contagious than the original strain. Initial studies of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine have suggested that it is still effective against mutations in these strains.