128K Michiganders have received the coronavirus vaccine in first three weeks – MLive.com

January 5, 2021

In the first three weeks of availability, 128,390 Michiganders have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the state health department announced Monday, Jan. 4.

The state has administered 65,181 shots over the last week, or about 9,312 vaccines per day. With 379,325 doses distributed to the states various providers to-date, that means nearly 34% of on-hand vaccines have been administered as of Sunday, Jan. 3, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Mondays update was the first in five days after a pause in reporting due to the holidays and subsequent weekend. The states total vaccinations jumped from 86,626 doses to 128,390 doses over that time.

Lynn Sutfin, a spokeswoman for MDHHS, said she anticipates vaccinations will move more quickly in the coming weeks now that were past the holiday season. The state reported new one-day highs in vaccinations the first three days last week before numbers dropped off leading up to New Years Day.

Health care workers have been given top priority to receive the vaccine first, followed by residents and staff of long-term care facilities. Other essential workers and individuals at higher risk for serious cases of COVID-19 will follow in the coming weeks and months when more doses are available.

Of the vaccines administered through Sunday, 103,940 were done so in hospitals and 16,559 were done through local health departments. Another 7,094 were administered through the long-term care program, which works with CVS and Walgreens pharmacies to get shots to staff and residents of nursing homes and other care facilities.

The majority of doses administered to date have been the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine (100,313), compared to 28,077 of the Moderna vaccine. Similarly, the state has distributed 279,825 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, and 99,500 of the Moderna shot.

As of Dec. 31, the CDC reported that 282,750 doses of the Pfizer vaccine had been allocated for Michigan, and 293,400 doses of the Moderna vaccine were allocated for the state. In both case, the same amount of doses are on hold by the CDC to be shipped and administered to the same individuals as second doses when appropriate.

Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require two doses spaced weeks apart, with 95% and 94% efficacy in trials, respectively. A second dose is required three weeks later for the Pfizer vaccine, and four weeks later for the Moderna shot.

The vaccines dont use live or dead virus. Instead, they use mRNA to get the bodys cells to make a protein that triggers the production of antibodies that would fight off future coronavirus infection. Both shots appear to reduce risk of severe COVID-19 illness, though its not yet clear how long theyre effective.

Both vaccines have received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and approval from the CDC to be used in adults. More research is needed to determine if they should be recommend for use in children.

MDHHS plans to provide updated counts for vaccinations and vaccine distributions each afternoon Monday through Friday through its online vaccine dashboard. Mondays update came after the state announced it had surpassed 500,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

To find a testing site near you, check out the states online test finder, here, send an email to COVID19@michigan.gov, or call 888-535-6136 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.

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