In some states, people flocked to mass vaccination events. This is not evenly distributed, however, and while states like Vermont and Maine have more than 80% of people fully vaccinated, little over half are in states like Alabama (51%), Wyoming (52%), Mississippi (52%) and Louisiana (53%). Nearly 80% of Americans have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccineĪround 66% of Americans are fully vaccinated and nearly half of eligible people have received a booster dose, according to CDC data. Despite this, takeup has been uneven across the U.S., something that shows in the number of people dying from Covid-19. Health agencies around the world uniformly recommend that most adults get vaccinated and studies have consistently demonstrated both their efficacy and safety. The shots are effective at preventing infection, serious illness and death from Covid-19 and reduce the risk of people passing the virus on if they do contract it. was one of the first countries to have access to the newly-developed coronavirus vaccines and one of the first to roll them out for most adults, children and as boosters. Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP HOW VACCINES CHANGED THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC Vaccination helped stem the course of the pandemic in states where immunization rates were high. Data for April 2022 is not complete and subject to change, though records indicate slightly fewer people may have died than during the previous month. The number of deaths plummeted to around 13,000 in March 2022, down from nearly 48,000 in February, one of the deadliest months. Roughly 8,000 people died in June 2021 and 11,000 in July 2021, though deaths later surged throughout August and September, which were the fifth- and seventh-deadliest months of the pandemic. We are in one of the least deadly stages of the pandemic so farīesides the very beginning of the pandemic in 2020, fewer people died in June and July 2021 than did in any other month. This was followed by January 2022, when around 82,000 people died, the only other month when more than 80,000 people died. More people died in January 2021 and December 2020 than did in any other months of the pandemic, according to CDC data, when Covid-19 claimed around 106,000 and 98,000 lives, respectively. Mario Tama/Getty Images) January 2021 was the deadliest month of the pandemic Hospitals like this one had to build makeshift ICU wards to handle severe Covid patients.

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