COVID milestone: White House says half of US adults fully vaccinated

The White House expects the US will reach an important pandemic milestone Tuesday — with half of the adult population becoming fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

“Today, the United States will reach 50% of American adults fully vaccinated,” a White House officials said Tuesday morning in an email blasted out to reporters.

As of 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, 49.8% of Americans 18 years old or older had been fully vaccinated, according to CDC data.

At least 61.5% had received at least one shot of a vaccine, the data shows.

Earlier this month, President Biden said he wanted to get at least 70 percent of Americans inoculated by July 4.