Gov. Tom Wolf: 80% Of Pennsylvanian Adults Have At Least One COVID-19 Vaccine Dose
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Eighty percent of Pennsylvanian adults have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday.
He thanked all Pennsylvanians who helped make the "big vaccine milestone" happen.
If you haven't been vaccinated yet, please talk to your health care provider.
— Governor Tom Wolf (@GovernorTomWolf) August 16, 2021
Vaccines are safe and free — and they're the best way to prevent hospitalizations and death due to COVID.
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, fueled by the more contagious delta variant and the unvaccinated, Wolf has said the state's strategy to stem the virus' spread is to get more shots into arms rather than issue a mask mandate.
"Vaccines are safe and free — and they're the best way to prevent hospitalizations and death due to COVID," Wolf tweeted.
More than 11.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Pennsylvania so far, and more than 5.8 million people are fully vaccinated.
The virus has killed about 28,000 Pennsylvanians.