Michigan is slated to get 492,040 doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week, which will be the state’s biggest weekly distribution of vaccine to date, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
That’s more than twice the 200,000-some weekly doses allocated to Michigan during the month of February.
Before this week’s shipments, Michigan had received a total of 2,621,225 doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
This week’s shipments should include 82,700 doses of the newly approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which requires only one dose, said MDHHS spokeswoman Lynn Sutfin. That vaccine only requires one dose.
The state also is getting 113,490 first doses and 99,450 second doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 98,200 first doses and 98,200 second doses of the Moderna vaccine.
That means 294,390 people will be able to get start the vaccine process, and -- thanks to the fact the J&J vaccine requires only one shot -- 280,350 more people will be fully vaccinated by the time all those doses are administered.
To date, almost 17% of Michigan adults have gotten at least one dose of vaccine and almost 10% are fully vaccinated.
Almost 40% of those age 65 to 74 and 44% of those age 75 and older have gotten at least one vaccine dose, the state data shows.
As of the end of the day Thursday, Feb. 25, 2,131,955 doses had been administered, about 81% of the state’s allocation. Most of the doses yet to be used have been designated for the program for vaccinating residents and staff with long-term care facilities.
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