Wash. DC (AP)-A month later than he had hoped, 70% of Americans have received at least one Covid-19 vaccination, missing the July 4th target date set by Pres. Joe Biden.
The 70% goal comes a month late and amid a fierce surge by the delta variant that is swamping hospitals and leading to new mask rules and mandatory vaccinations around the country.
The July 4th target date was set well before the highly contagious delta variant enabled the virus to come storming back and undermined the assumptions that were used to arrive at that figure.
The U.S. still has not hit the administration’s other goal of fully vaccinating 165 million American adults by July 4. It is about 8.5 million short.
According to the latest data by Johns Hopkins, 35.2 million Americans have been diagnosed with Covid-19 since the start of the viral pandemic and over 613,00 U.S. deaths caused by the pandemic.
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