On Wednesday, The Delaware Division of Public Health’s vaccination tracker on Wednesday reported 87,511 Covid-19 vaccinations with 120,850 doses shipped, 87,511 doses administered and 33,339 doses remaining.
About 24,000 additional doses were received this week, above the quantity reported in recent weeks. That helped to boost available doses that were were becoming scarce after the weekend events.
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Second doses of vaccine are now being administered to those in Group 1A, which includes health care workers and some first responders. Some in 1A have been concerned about not being scheduled for second doses.
The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that upwards of 12,000 Delawareans have received second vaccine doses.
The latest numbers reflect a vaccination “sprint” that administered 11,500 doses over the weekend at Delaware DMV sites. Vehicle back-ups, computers that did not like cold weather and other issues that surfaced on Saturday were largely corrected on Sunday.
The state has moved into the 1B vaccination phase, a category that covers 200,000 residents, including those over age 65 and some essential workers.
Delaware, like other states, has been receiving fewer doses than initially projected.
The Biden Administration announced it will purchase another 200 million doses – 100 million apiece from Moderna and Prizer/BioNTech. The administration also announced it will give governors more advance notice on the amount of vaccine to be shipped while boosting shipment volume by 20 percent.
