Newsom has required all state employees, teachers and health care workers to either get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing, likely accounting for an increase in vaccines.
The U.S. is averaging 900,000 vaccinations per day, up from 500,000 per day in mid-July, the White House said Tuesday. The pace of first shots is accelerating, too: The U.S. administered more than 14 million first shots in August – almost 4 million more first shots than in July, he said.
Nationally, 72.2% of the eligible population to get vaccinated, those 12 and older, are at least partially vaccinated, and 61.4% of eligible Americans are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.
— Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY
Hospitalizations were underreported by anywhere from one patient to dozens on nearly every day since the start of last summer, according to the new data. The largest share of the unreported hospitalizations occurred during the winter surge.
Tennessee's revised hospitalization total, including the backfilled data, is 29,694.
Sarah Tanksley, a spokesperson for the health department, said the unreported hospitalizations were now revealed because the agency incorporated a new data source from the Tennessee Hospital Association into its COVID-19 tracking efforts.
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