PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Department of Public Health reported today that 25,197 additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine since the last report on Thursday, December 2, 2021. This brings the total number of Philadelphia residents fully vaccinated to at least 936,564, and the number of residents with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine a 1,167,622. Currently, the 75.4 percent of Philadelphia adults are fully vaccinated, and 94 percent of the adult population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
All residents age five and older are eligible to get vaccinated in Philadelphia. 13.3 percent of children ages 5 to 11 in Philadelphia have received at least one dose of vaccine. Among eligible Philadelphia residents age 12 and older, the 69.9 percent are fully vaccinated and 87.1 percent have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Health Department reports that 292 COVID-19 patients are currently being treated in Philadelphia hospitals, with a total of 32 assisted by ventilators.
In the past two weeks, 4.5 percent of COVID-19 tests have tested positive. Until now, during the pandemic, 178,765 Philadelphia residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 4,099 have succumbed to the virus. Philadelphia is seeing an average of 409 new COVID-19 cases per day in the past two weeks.
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