70% of American adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, a milestone President Biden had set to achieve nearly a month ago
President Joe Biden had originally aimed to administer at least one dose to 70% of U.S. adults by July 4.The agency said 180,762,301 people, or 70% of all U.S. adults, had received at least one dose, while 164,919,666 people, or 49.7% of the total population, were fully vaccinated.
Ledsiel Garcia, a pharmacy technician with DeliveRxd Pharmacy based in Tampa, administers the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease vaccine to Mike Payne, a federal employee, at his home in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones The United States has administered 346,924,345 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Monday morning and distributed 400,674,965 doses, according to the agency.The CDC tally includes two-dose vaccines from Moderna
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