Nearly 40 Million Americans Have Received a New COVID Vaccine: CDC

Published on November 16, 2023

Nearly 40 million Americans, most of them adults, have received one of the new COVID-19 vaccines, according to survey information from the U.S. government. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported this week that about 14 percent of American adults and 5 percent of American children have received one of the shots, which were introduced with scant data in the fall. That amounts to approximately 36 million adults and 3.5 million children. That’s up from about 15 million in late October. The data are current as of Nov. 9. The numbers come from the CDC’s National Immunization Surveys, which are conducted by the agency over the phone to track vaccination coverage....

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