Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states, including Pennsylvania — a situation that puts pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots. Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states, including Pennsylvania — a situation that puts pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots. So far, the White House has shown no signs of shifting from its policy of dividing vaccine doses among states based on population. And California and Texas, which have vastly larger populations than Michigan, are reporting less than half its number of daily infections. The state’s seven-day average of daily new infections has exceeded 5,400, an increase of 20% in the past two weeks.
