Biden Sets New Goal: At Least 70 Percent of Adults Given 1 Vaccine Dose by July 4

President Biden on Tuesday announced a new goal to administer at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to 70 percent of U.S. adults by July 4, reports National Public Radio . The White House also is targeting 160 million adults fully vaccinated by then, in order to upgrade the level of immunity in the nation to the point where the virus has less of an opportunity to spread and so that more public health restrictions can be lifted. More than 246 million doses have been administered across the United States as of Monday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said more than 56 percent of the adult population has received at least one dose, while 40 percent has received two doses. The July 4 goal would entail administering about 100 million shots over the next 60 days, which administration officials said would acknowledge that those most eager to get inoculated have already done so. The administration informed governors that the allocation system for vaccines will be modified, so that states can now choose whether they want all of their allocation, or place some doses into a federal pool. States that need more doses based on demand could tap that pool.