The United States set the world record for the highest number of COVID-19 vaccines given in a single day on Friday, according to the White House.
In a tweet, White House COVID-19 data director Cyrus Shahpar announced that the United States administered nearly 3.4 million doses on Friday, surpassing the country’s previous daily figure of 2.9 million on March 12.
Just in, a new daily record! + 3.38 million reported doses administered, over yesterday’s total. 7-day average now 2.62 million a day.
– Cyrus Shahpar (@ cyrusshahpar46) March 26, 2021
Record-breaking news comes a day later President Biden
Joe Biden The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden changes filibuster GOP seeks to squeeze Biden, border Democrats Sanders create new headache for Biden on taxes MORE doubled its previous target of administering 100 million vaccines in the first 100 days of operation. On Thursday, Biden announced that it would increase the number to 200 million vaccines.
“That’s right: 200 million photos in 100 days,” Biden said. “I know it’s ambitious, twice our original goal. But no other country in the world has come close, not even to what we do. I think we can do it.”
The United States exceeded Biden’s initial target of 100 million doses administered on March 12.
As of Friday, 48,695,172 people are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or 14.7 percent of the total U.S. population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The same statistics show that 89,559,225 people, or 27%, received at least one dose of vaccine.