WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Friday the average number of people getting COVID-19 vaccination shots is up 30% at a time when the Delta variant of the coronavirus blazes through parts of the United States.
“Today we recorded over half a million new shots … the highest number since first of July,” she said.
(Reporting by Nandita Bose in Washington; Editing by Chris Reese)
