Joe Biden said that Americans have reason to celebrate this July 4th, but the President of the United States did not His goal Before the National Independence Day holiday on Sunday, 70% of people were vaccinated against COVID-19.

According to statistics, 67% of American adults have received at least one jab data From the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and 58.1% of people over the age of 18 are considered fully vaccinated.

CNN reported that as of July 4, at least 70% of the adult population has been partially vaccinated in 20 U.S. states Report.

“This is a holiday weekend,” Biden told reporters on Friday, evading reporters’ ongoing “negative” questions. U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan“I want to celebrate.”

Since the outbreak, the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths is at or near historical lows, thanks to the strong U.S. Vaccination Program. Enterprise and Restaurant open, Recruitment is increasing, and travel is getting closer and closer to pre-pandemic levels.

Biden is scheduled to host his largest event since he assumed the presidency on Sunday. Emergency personnel, military family members and others are expected to participate in a picnic and firework show on the South Lawn of the White House.

On July 4 this year, the United States returned.

Thanks to the millions of Americans who stepped forward to get vaccinated, we are entering a summer of joy-a summer of freedom. The frontline and basic staff who made this day possible: Thank you. pic.twitter.com/g6cztrJDT8

-President Biden (@POTUS) July 4, 2021

Despite this, more than 200 Americans still die from COVID-19 every day. A more contagious variant of the virus is spreading rapidly at home and abroad, and tens of millions of Americans choose not to receive life-saving vaccines.

“If you are vaccinated, you are doing well,” said Dr. Marty Hratswayo Davis, an infectious disease physician at the John Cochrane Virginia Medical Center and the St. Louis Health Commission.

“If you have not been vaccinated, you should be shocked. This is just the bottom line and there is no easy way to reduce it,” she told the Associated Press. “But this does not eliminate the fact that this country is in a significantly better place.”

U.S. health officials expressed concern about the gap between communities with high vaccination rates and communities with low vaccination rates. Top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday that recent coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths occurred in unvaccinated communities. In the crowd.

In an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Media” program, Fauci said: “The vast majority of people in trouble are people who have not been vaccinated. That’s why we say that this is indeed completely avoidable and preventable.”

Luis Marquez, 33, was vaccinated against COVID-19 during a mobile vaccination campaign for essential food processing workers in Los Angeles, California, in March [File: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters]

About 1,000 counties have vaccination rates below 30%, and the federal government warns that they may become the next hot spot as virus restrictions are relaxed.

The Biden administration is sending “reinforcement” teams to Colorado and Missouri.

Additional teams of infectious disease specialists, public health professionals, and doctors and nurses are preparing to assist other regions in the face of low vaccination rates and increasing cases.

Fauci urged people on Sunday to put aside their differences and get vaccinated.He said that appeared Delta variant In the United States, it seems to cause more serious illness, hospitalization, and in some cases even death.

“As a whole, we did a great job,” Fauci told the media in an interview. “But we have a big country, and there are differences in willingness to vaccinate, so in some states, the personal vaccination level is 35% or lower; in this case, you may be in certain regions, certain states, cities or counties. See the peak.

“We will see… there are almost two types of the United States: those areas of the United States with high vaccination rates, where our infection rates are very low. In some places…the vaccination level is low, the virus transmission level is high, This is where you will see the peak.”