More than half of US adults have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, government data showed, as the White House bids to beat a worrying surge in new cases, AFP reported.

Roughly 130 million Americans aged 18 and over have received a shot, representing 50.4 per cent of the adult population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Around 84 million adults are fully vaccinated —32.5pc of the adult population.