WASHINGTON - The United States hit a notable milestone on Monday in its urgent vaccination effort against COVID-19: 70% of U.S.
adults have now received at least one dose of a vaccine. The U.S. has ramped up vaccination rates in recent weeks amid the spread of the highly contagious delta variant, reaching the highest seven-day average of newly vaccinated people since July 4.
The marker of 70% of individuals 18 and older who have received at least one vaccine dose comes nearly a month after President Joe Biden had hoped to meet that threshold.
Regardless, officials welcomed the achievement as the delta variant fuels COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the country once again — largely among the unvaccinated. "Milestone Monday just in:.