"The original strain of COVID-19 comprises only about half of all cases in America today. New and potentially dangerous strains of the virus make up the other half," the White House said in a statement.
The White House also offered a state-by-state breakdown of the funds with California receiving over $17 million, Texas over $15 million and Florida over $12 million.
Still, daily US cases of novel coronavirus are averaging 63,000 over the past seven days, up 2.3% from the previous 7-day average, she told reporters at a White House briefing.
Most states prioritized health-care workers and nursing home staff and residents for their first deliveries of the COVID-19 vaccines which began last month.
The government will call on governors to open up vaccinations to everyone older than 65, Azar said on the television program.
The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19.
*The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention head Robert Redfield said he expects there to be about 700 million doses of vaccines available by late March or April.
I think that's going to take us April, May, June, you know, possibly July, to get the entire American public completely vaccinated.
