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WFAE local and state officials are anticipating that increasing the numbers of vaccinated will be more difficult in the coming weeks. In the 18 weeks since the first North Carolinian received a vaccination against the coronavirus that’s upended the world for the past year, the state has managed to put about 6.6 million doses of vaccine into the arms of more than 3.8 million people. That mass vaccination effort led to 647,415 doses being administered in the week of April 5. That week is likely to be a high-water mark though. In the week starting April 12, 519,373 total doses of vaccine were administered in the state, a lower number than the average for the six prior weeks. And with just under half the adult population in North Carolina having a vaccination now, local and state officials are anticipating that increasing the numbers of vaccinated will be more of a slog.

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