Racine Mayor Cory Mason is pleading with residents to take action after the city’s COVID-19 death count recently reached a new milestone. | Unsplash
Racine Mayor Cory Mason is pleading with residents to take action after the city’s COVID-19 death count recently reached a new milestone. | Unsplash
Racine Mayor Cory Mason is pleading with residents to take action after the city’s COVID-19 death count recently reached a new milestone.
“In the City of Racine Public Health Department’s jurisdiction, 150 residents have now died from COVID-19,” Mason posted on Facebook. “Please, Racine, get vaccinated to protect yourself, your loved ones and our community from this virus.”
According to COVIDActNow.org, across the country more than 61% of residents have now gotten at least one dose of a vaccine and more than 56% of residents are fully vaccinated.
The state has also administered the highest percentage of COVID-19 vaccines it has received, according to the CDC's COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration data tracker, which compiles data from healthcare facilities and public health authorities.
As of 6 a.m. ET Nov. 29, a total of 570,662,725 vaccine doses had been distributed in the U.S., and 459,234,791 had been administered, or 80.47%. Overall, 70.1% of the U.S. population had received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 59.3% had been fully vaccinated.
In Wisconsin, Becker's Hospital Review reports 9,222,535 doses had been distributed to the state with 8,186,207 doses distributed for an 88.76 percentage.
White House coronavirus task force chief Dr. Jeff Zients views all the numbers of critical benchmarks.
“These are important milestones,” Zients told BangorDailyNews.com. “We know vaccines are the very best tool we have to accelerating our path out of the pandemic.”
With the country now awaiting final approval from the federal government in making the shots available to 5 to 11-year-olds, Zients said Biden administration officials are waiting with bated breath. The Food and Drug Administration has already approved kid-sized doses of the Pfizer vaccine for children 5 to 11 and the Centers for Disease Control is expected to give final approval this week as at least 20,000 vaccine doses await the green-light for shipment.
“Bottom line: We’ve been planning and preparing for this moment,” Zients added. “We are ready to execute pending CDC’s decision."
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