Biden originally aimed to administer at least one vaccine dose to 70 percent of Americans 18 and older by July 4. But widespread vaccine hesitancy — particularly in conservative parts of the country — prevented the U.S. from meeting his deadline.
— up from about 2,600 per day one month ago, and the highest rate since mid-April. Same goes for Arkansas. Other hot spots such as Missouri, Florida and Texas are now vaccinating more new people each day than they have since mid-May. Last week alone, Louisiana registered a 114 percent increase in uptake, while Arkansas increased by 96 percent, Alabama by 65 percent and Missouri by 49 percent.
The pattern is consistent across the country. Last week was the third week that states with the highest numbers of COVID cases also had the highest vaccination numbers, the White House announced Friday. And according to, the 20 percent of counties that were “vaccinating the most slowly six weeks ago are now leading the country in the number of people starting vaccination each day, helping drive a national trend of more vaccinations.
Nurse Carlene Fleming administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a patient at a mobile vaccination event in Orlando, Fla.
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