Biden's new COVID-19 vaccine goal aims for 160M fully inoculated by July 4

President Joe Biden announced a new vaccination goal on Tuesday while providing an update on the pandemic, aiming for 160 million U.S. adults to be fully inoculated against coronavirus by July 4. According to federal data, over 105 million Americans, or nearly 32% of the population, are now fully vaccinated. Biden is also aiming for 70% of the U.S. adult population to have one vaccine shot by July 4, which currently stands at 44.4%, per CDC estimates.

"If we succeed in this effort, as we did with the last, then Americans will have taken a serious step towards returning to normal," the president said, referring to reaching a goal of administering 200 million COVID-19 vaccines before Biden's 100th day in office.