KEY POINTS
  • CVS Health said Wednesday that the peak of Covid-19 vaccinations is behind the company, even as some customers come in for first doses.
  • The company revised its forecast for vaccines administered this year, saying it will be lower than expected.
  • The drugstore chain and health insurer is trying to figure out if the coronavirus delta variant will lead to booster shots or canceled elective surgeries.
A woman enters a CVS Covid-19 vaccine site in Monterey Park, California on April 27, 2021.

CVS Health Chief Executive Karen Lynch said Wednesday that the peak of Covid-19 vaccinations is behind the company.

On an earnings call, she said the drugstore chain has administered 30 million shots and continues to provide them in stores across the country. Yet she said vaccination rates have slowed since April — even as the coronavirus delta variant has led to a new surge of cases in parts of the country with large unvaccinated populations.