CDC's Latest COVID-19 Data Update Shows Vaccination Rate Climbing

The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced its latest COVID-19 vaccination numbers on February 7, 2022, revealing more than 75-percent of people in the US have received at least one vaccine dose. As well, the agency's data tracker shows 90 million people have received the COVID-19 booster shot and more than half of kids ages 5 and older are fully vaccinated.

The CDC maintains a COVID-19 data tracker website that includes a tab with vaccine dosage statistics. The agency tweeted a simple infographic featuring the key details from the latest data update, announcing that 64.1% of the nation is fully vaccianted against the virus. As well, 75.7% of the US population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, which amounts to 251.2 million people.

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The number of people who are fully vaccinated is particularly encouraging at 212.9 million, while 90 million people have also received the booster shot. A more detailed breakdown of these numbers is offered on the CDC's data tracker, which shows that 95-percent of people ages 65 and older have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot.

The percentages are strong across all age groups eligible for the vaccine; when looking at people ages 5 and older, 80.4% have received at least one dose, while 68.2% are fully vaccinated. The figures climb a bit when looking only at the 18+ age groups, which are 74.4% fully vaccinated overall, bringing the US extremely close to its three-quarters milestone — at least when it comes to adults.

Of note, the CDC's COVID-19 data tracker considers someone "fully vaccinated" if they've received two doses of an mRNA vaccine or one dose of a single-shot vaccine. These figures don't factor in whether someone has received their booster shot, which improves one's protection against the virus, but can only be administered after a minimum period of time has passed following the initial shots.