President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he is taking about two weeks off his May 1 deadline for states to make all adults eligible for vaccines.
With states gradually expanding eligibility beyond such priority groups as older people and essential, front-line workers, the president plans to announce that every adult in the U.S. will be eligible by April 19 to be vaccinated, a White House official said.
April 19 is about two weeks earlier than Biden’s original May 1 deadline.
The White House said Monday that nearly 1 in 3 Americans and over 40% of adults have received at least one shot, and nearly 1 in 4 adults is fully vaccinated. Among older people, 75% have now received at least one shot, and more than 55% of them are fully vaccinated.
As of Tuesday, April 6, the Oklahoma Health Department has a total of 437,853 cases of the virus, since last March with the virus taking 4,953 Oklahoman's lives. Creek County has reached a total of 6757 confirmed cases and 124 deaths. Bristow is holding steady at 927 cases and 26 deaths. Across the Unitd States there has been over 30 million (30,785,390) cases and a report 555,613 deaths. Statistics show an increase in the virus amongst younger adults, instead of older Americans. This is because most older adults are getting vaccinated. The age group 18 – 35 is showing 32 percent, ages 49-64 is at 22 percent and adults over the age of 65 is at 19 percent.