The United States eclipsed 10,000 confirmed cases of after 900 cases were added to the ledger on Wednesday. The growing outbreak has left officials scrambling - even considering splitting vaccine doses into fifths despite little evidence the shots will remain effective.The 900 cases recorded were the third highest single-day total since the outbreak first reached the U.S. On Monday, a record 1,424 cases were added to the ledger. Nearly half of all confirmed cases of monkeypox in America have been recorded in the past week. Some of this increase could be a result of increased testing capability for the virus, though.While cases are surging, America's access to vaccines is still fairly limited. As of last week, officials reported having 1.1 million doses on hand with 600,000 having been distributed to local health districts around the country. There is no national data on the number of shots that have been used so far.
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