So far, nearly 53.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in the US and 11.8 percent of the population has had one or more doses. Just shy of 1.7 million doses are being given a day, but states that are excelling at vaccination, like West Virginia, are hamstrung by dose shortages. 'Right now, West Virginia needs more vaccines and continues to ask for more so we can get them in arms as quickly as possible.' According to the health department's own vaccine tracker, West Virginia has given first doses to 254,646 people as of Monday. California has administered just 74.2 percent of the nearly six million vaccine doses sent to it by the federal government.

Source: The Nation February 16, 2021 00:00 UTC