NC reaches 50% of adults with at least one COVID shot
More than half of North Carolina adults have had at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine, the state Department of Health and Human Services announced on Thursday.
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By Thursday, the state had administered more than 7.4 million vaccines. More than 43% of those 18 and over are fully vaccinated. That rises to 74% of the population over 65 years of age. Nearly 35% of the total population of the state, regardless of age, has received at least one dose.
"This is as significant milestone toward our goal of stopping the spread of COVID-19 and bringing summer back to North Carolina," said NCDHHS Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. "I hope you will join the more than 4 million people who have taken their shot and help put this pandemic behind us."
The state has averaged about 1,700 new coronavirus infections and 20 virus-related deaths a day over the last week. The rolling average of new cases is as low as it has been this year, and nearly 7,000 fewer a day than the state's peak in early January.
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