These are the first states to meet the vaccination goal of the White House
More than half of the entire adult population in the United States is now fully vaccinated.
After more than one year of life under the threat of COVID-19, major progress is underway to put aEnd to the pandemic once for all. Case numbers arerun down Nationwide as vaccines reach more people. And according toAndy SlavittThe House House Consultant Senior White Covid-19, there are currently 10 states that have reached the Vaccination Goal of the White House to get 70% of adults at least one shot before July 4th.
In a tweet on May 26, Slavitt revealed that the tenth state had just met theimmunization objective fixed by the PresidentJoe Bidenearlier this month. He added that another 10 states arealready greater than 65%, put them within the reach of the realization of the milestone soon.
"Two months of today ... Families across the country will celebrate July 4," said Biden when he announced the plan of May 4th. "Our goal, on July 4, is to have 70% of adult Americans with at least one shot and at least 160 Americans are fully vaccinated."
The announcement of Slavitt also comes a day after the White House announced that half of the US adult population is nowfully vaccinated Against Covid-19. "This is a major step in the immunization efforts of our country," said Slavitt during a press briefing. "The number was 1% when we entered the office of January 20th."
According to data from US centers for disease control and prevention (CDC), as of May 26,62% In over 18, the US population has received at least one dose of the CVIV-19 and 129.8 million people vaccine have been fully vaccinated. But in recent weeks, the vaccination rate slowed down and, according to Bloomberg, it will takethree complete months For 75% of the population to be fully vaccinated at the current rate.
Read it to see which states were the first to reach the Vaccination goal of the White House. They are classified by the percentages of people over 18 people who arepartially or fully vaccinated As of May 26, asAshish k. jha, MD, Dean from Brown University School of Public Health, reported on Twitter.
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10 Pennsylvania
Percentage of people over the age of 18 who received at least one shot: 70%
9 New Mexico
Percentage of people over the age of 18 who received at least one shot:70%
8 Rhode Island
Percentage of people over the age of 18 who received at least one shot: 71%
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7 New Jersey
Percentage of people over the age of 18 who received at least one shot: 73 percent
6 Maine
Percentage of people over the age of 18 who received at least one shot:73 percent
5 Connecticut
Percentage of people over the age of 18 who received at least one shot:74%
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4 Massachusetts
Percentage of people over the age of 18 who received at least one shot:77%
3 New Hampshire
Percentage of people over the age of 18 who received at least one shot:78%
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2 Hawaii
Percentage of people over the age of 18 who received at least one shot:79%
1 Vermont
Percentage of people over the age of 18 who received at least one shot:82%
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