Coronavirus August 3, 2021

White House Hits Vaccine Goal, One Month Late

VALLEY STREAM, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 21: Arlene Ramirez, RN, director of patient care, receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital on December 21, 2020 in Valley Stream, New York. The first set of COVID-19 vaccines were made available to healthcare workers last week. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz-Pool/Getty Images)

This is definitely a case of better late than never. The uptick in COVID cases has prompted more people to get vaccinated over the last week and this helped the White House finally reach its goal of having 70% of U.S. adults at least partially vaccinated. This milestone came a month later than the Biden administration had hoped. While there was no big celebration, President Biden did mark the occasion on Twitter.

Folks, we’ve officially reached our goal of 70% of adults receiving at least one dose of the vaccine. It’s incredible progress, but we still have further to go. If you haven’t already, get vaccinated. Let’s defeat this virus once and for all.
— President Biden (@POTUS) August 2, 2021

Biden’s COVID data director pointed out the recent bump in vaccinations.

Milestone Monday just in: Today we hit 70% of adults w/ at least one dose! +468K doses reported administered, incl. 320K newly vaccinated (vs. 257K last Monday). 7-day average of newly vaccinated highest since July 4. Let's continue working to get more eligible vaccinated! 🇺🇸
— Cyrus Shahpar (@cyrusshahpar46) August 2, 2021

ABC News cites a quote from White House COVID coordinator Jeff Zients who noted significant increases in vaccinations in states with high COVID rates,