70% Of Adults In Eight States Have Now Gotten Vax

CNN reports:

As US officials push for more vaccinations amid slowing demand across the country, another state has now crossed an important milestone. Rhode Island is now the eighth state to have administered at least one Covid-19 shot to 70% of its adult population, according to data from the CDC.

The state joins Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Vermont, which have also vaccinated at least 70% of their adult population. The news adds on to experts’ optimism about the country’s declining Covid-19 case numbers and where we could be by summer time as vaccine numbers continue to climb.

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