The United States hit a major milestone on Monday as 70% of adults now have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
According to White House COVID-19 Data Director Cyrus Shahpar, more than 468,000 doses were delivered Monday.
A person who has contracted the Alpha strain of COVID-19 will infect an average of 2 unvaccinated people, said CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, during a White House news briefing Monday. , COVID-19 is clearly not done with us,” Walensky said. “And so, our battle must last a little longer.” Despite the increase in cases, the COVID-19 Response Team did have positive news to report: The eight states with highest COVID-19 case rates have seen an average increase of 171% in the number of newly vaccinated people in the last 3 weeks.
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