MADISON, Wis. — On the same day the FDA give full approval to Pfizer’s COVID vaccine, Wisconsin has hit another milestone in terms of total vaccine doses.
Gov. Tony Evers and the Department of Health Services announced Monday afternoon that the state had hit the 6 million mark when it comes to the number of vaccine doses given out so far.
“Wisconsin’s vaccine providers have worked tirelessly to get shots in arms,” the governor said. “This is a tremendous milestone, and we couldn’t have gotten here without the hard work and dedication of everyone involved.”
More than 3 million people have received at least one dose since the vaccine first became available last December, and more than half the state is considered completely vaccinated, reducing their risk of being hospitalized or dying from COVID-19. Numbers released by DHS last week showed unvaccinated people in Wisconsin were also three times more likely to get COVID.
The governor and state health officials have continued a variety of incentives in an effort to get more people vaccinated in recent months, including giving away tickets to the NBA Finals, free creampuffs at the Wisconsin State Fair, and most recently $100 to anyone 12 and up who gets their first vaccine dose before Labor Day.
“Layering protection by getting vaccinated and wearing masks in schools and in public, indoor settings is critical to stopping the spread of the Delta variant,” DHS Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake said.
According to the latest data from DHS, as of Monday the more than 6 million vaccine doses include:
- 3,351,956 doses of the Pfizer vaccine
- 2,415,244 doses of the Moderna vaccine
- 250,947 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine
The 3,138,889 people who have received at least one dose of the vaccine so far account for 53.9% of the state’s eligible population.
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