As of Wednesday morning, just one million shots of the Pfizer covert 19 vaccine had been given.

That was only about one third of what was first shipped out last week.

Over 9.5 million doses of both vaccines, including Madonna's, have now been sent to states, according to the CDC.

Hospitals attributed to slow start to preparation of the shots, finding employees to run vaccination clinics and ensuring proper social distancing before and after vaccinations.

The 500 says the low vaccination numbers may simply reflect a lag between vaccination dozing and state reporting.

General Gustav Purna, who heads the Trump administration's Operation Warp speed, echoed that sentiment on Wednesday.

The as Dr Sally mentioned earlier.

There's a lag in the information as it's collected from all the really thousands of administration sites.

Um and we know that there's probably a least 72 to 96 hour lag in the information uptake.

The Trump administration promised to vaccinate 20 million Americans by the end of the year while providing little funding to achieve that goal.

That gives them just nine days to administer nearly 19 million doses, which means vaccinating more than two million people a day, including on Christmas.