70% of adults in US have now had at least 1 vaccine dose

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FILE - In this record photograph dated Saturday, May 15, 2021, bare vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine prevarication successful a container during a vaccine run astatine the Vaccine Village successful Ebersberg adjacent Munich, Germany. Germany volition commencement offering Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccinations for each children and teenagers aged 12 and older, arsenic unit mounts to vaccinate much young radical arsenic schools instrumentality from summertime vacations. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, FILE)

Seventy percent of adults successful the U.S. person present had astatine slightest 1 vaccine dose, the White House announced Monday.

Milestone Monday conscionable in: Today we deed 70% of adults w/ astatine slightest 1 dose! +468K doses reported administered, incl. 320K recently vaccinated (vs. 257K past Monday). 7-day mean of recently vaccinated highest since July 4. Let's proceed moving to get much eligible vaccinated! 🇺🇸

— Cyrus Shahpar (@cyrusshahpar46) August 2, 2021

The quality comes astir 1 period aft President Joe Biden hoped to scope the milestone.

In the past week, Florida has averaged 1,525 big hospitalizations a day, and 35 regular pediatric hospitalizations. Both are the highest per capita complaint successful the nation, according to Jason Salemi, an subordinate prof of epidemiology astatine the University of South Florida.

Biden is scheduled to springiness remarks connected vaccination advancement connected Tuesday.

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