First shots of Covid vaccination in US drop to record low

The CDC data on Wednesday revealed that the daily count of people getting the first dose has been decreasing since mid-August, reaching a record low of 25,336 on Tuesday, reports Xinhua news agency.

The average number initiating vaccination each day is down 15 per cent from last week.

The slowdown comes as the ongoing wave of the pandemic is showing no signs of easing.

New daily Covid-19 cases in the US have fallen by nearly 60 per cent nationwide since a peak in mid-September triggered by the highly transmissible Delta variant.

But some northeastern states are starting to see new outbreaks, and the nation is still averaging nearly 70,000 daily cases and more than 1,000 deaths per day, according to the CDC data.

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