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By Fiona Riley, Assistant News Editor • March 26, 2024

D.C. reaches goal to vaccinate 70 percent of adults

As of Monday, more than 70 percent of all adults in the District have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, meeting the city’s end of President Joe Biden’s goal set for the entire nation before the Fourth of July.

Biden laid out his goal earlier this month for 70 percent of adults in the United States to get vaccinated before July 4, and Mayor Muriel Bowser joined dozens of other mayors in a challenge to reach that goal in their respective cities shortly after. Cyrus Shahpar, the White House’s COVID-19 data director, announced Monday that D.C. and New York City vaccinated 70 percent of their adult populations as vaccine rollout continues to accelerate nationwide.

The District sits next to 13 states that have vaccinated 70 percent of all adults as of Wednesday. Shapar tweeted that 65 percent of all adults in the United States have received at least one vaccine dose as of Thursday. 

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