Seventy percent of American adults have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, officials said Monday, reaching a goal that President Joe Biden had hoped to reach a month ago.
The goal was ambitious, but Monday's development is a good step, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday.
"But we’ve said from the beginning: Even when we set this goal, our work would not be done even when we reached it, and so we're forging ahead," she said. As of Monday, more than 180.7 million Americans 18 years or older, or 70 percent, have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to theFor those 12 years or older, that percentage is 67.6 percent. Children younger than that are not eligible for the vaccination.
Edwards said the state is "in an unchecked COVID surge" and blamed Louisiana's low vaccination rate. Around 37 percent of state residents are fully vaccinated, according to
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