Covid-19 Update -- May 27, 2021

CDC data here.

Lowest number of vaccinations administered for a Thursday report, going back to February 18, 2021 (last column / column 6).

It was reported that only 1.5 million vaccinations were give in the most recent Thursday, 24-hour report. 

That is the lowest since February 18, 2021. 

The highest for a Thursday was April 15, 3.5 million vaccinations given. After that, continued decrease. Note: the "JNJ pause" was announced April 13, 2021.

		Doses of vaccine distributed to health facilities	Change from day before	Vaccinations given	Change from day before
Thursday	May 27, 2021	361,250,445	1,401,410	290,724,607	1,512,303
Thursday	May 20, 2021	351,955,515	2,745,420	279,397,250	2,107,077
Thursday	May 13, 2021	339,165,445	2,075,680	266,596,486	1,915,642
Thursday	May 6, 2021	324,610,185	3,060,850	251,973,752	2,406,932
Thursday	April 29, 2021	305,478,495	3,620,610	237,360,493	2,721,079
Thursday	April 22, 2021	282,183,915	4,245,040	218,947,643	2,995,734
Thursday	April 15, 2021	255,400,665	4,402,400	198,317,040	3,525,204
Thursday	April 8, 2021	229,398,685	4,104,250	174,879,716	3,403,061
Thursday	April 1, 2021	200,496,635	4,914,910	153,631,404	3,358,112
Thursday	March 25, 2021	173,525,335	4,302,210	133,305,295	2,831,442
Thursday	March 18, 2021	151,108,445	3,517,830	115,730,008	2,692,381
Thursday	March 11, 2021	131,131,470	3,262,315	98,203,893	2,482,603
Thursday	March 4, 2021	109,905,530	2,876,640	82,572,848	2,032,374
Thursday	February 25, 2021	91,673,010	3,003,975	68,274,117	1,809,170
Thursday	February 18, 2021	75,287,810	1,814,918	57,933,435	1,651,608

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Today's Geography Lesson

From wiki by way of Joshua Slocum, 1900.

The Río de la Plata, literally, "river of silver"), called River Plate in British English and the Commonwealth and La Plata River (occasionally Plata River) in other English-speaking countries, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda. 

It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and forms a funnel-shaped indentation on the southeastern coastline of South America. Depending on the geographer, the Río de la Plata may be considered a river, an estuary, a gulf, or a marginal sea. 

It is the widest river in the world, with a maximum width of 220 kilometres (140 mi).

It forms part of the border between Argentina and Uruguay, with the major ports and capital cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo on its western and northern shores, respectively.

The historical English name "River Plate" uses an obsolete sense of the word "plate", which was used extensively as a term for "silver" or "gold" from the 12th century onwards, especially in Early Modern English.