{"id":116911,"date":"2021-06-22T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=116911"},"modified":"2021-06-22T12:11:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T12:11:00","slug":"us-reaches-milestone-of-fully-vaccinating-150-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/us-reaches-milestone-of-fully-vaccinating-150-million\/","title":{"rendered":"US Reaches Milestone Of Fully Vaccinating 150 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"
The United States on Monday reached a milestone of 150 million people fully vaccinated against the coronavirus<\/span>. This is 45.2 percent of the U.S. population.<\/p>\n More than 77 percent of people above 65 years in the country are in this category, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest data. <\/p>\n Nearly 60 percent of U.S. adults have been fully protected from the communicable disease, through vaccination.<\/p>\n While 150,046,006 people received full vaccination, 177,342,954 people have received at least one dose.<\/p>\n A total of 318,576,441 vaccine doses have been administered so far nationally.<\/p>\n The country on Monday reported 12388 new coronavirus infections, taking the national total to 33,554,339. This is higher than the 7-day average of 11243.<\/p>\n 272 new deaths reported on the same day took the total COVID death toll in the country to 602,092, as per the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. The 7-day average of COVID deaths is 311.<\/p>\n Florida reported the most number of cases – 3678 – while Georgia reported most COVID-related deaths – 28 – Monday.<\/p>\n California is the worst affected state in terms of both the COVID metrics – 3,810,289 cases and 63,361 deaths.<\/p>\n 17,505 people are hospitalized in the country due to corona virus infection. This is 22 percent down within a period of 14 days.<\/p>\n A total of 28,767,507 people have so far recovered from the disease in the country.<\/p>\n The coronavirus test positivity rate across the nation has fallen to 2.4 percent.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, reports say that more Australians are cancelling the second dose of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine over the perceived risk of a rare blood-clotting syndrome.<\/p>\n The Australian government in its updated guidance last week advised people Under 60 to get the alternative Pfizer vaccine.<\/p>\n But Australia’s ABC network quoted Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly as saying that the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine in combating COVID-19 “far outweighed” the risks of developing a very rare type of adverse event called Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS). <\/p>\n