COVID-19 updates: 70% of American adults fully vaccinated

More than 80% of adults have at least one dose, CDC says.

ByMorgan Winsor, Emily Shapiro, Ivan Pereira, and Meredith Deliso
Last Updated: November 8, 2021, 5:52 AM EST

As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 752,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering.

Just 68% of Americans ages 12 and up are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Nov 03, 2021, 3:11 PM EDT

White House says central vaccine website will be live for kids on Friday

Vaccines.gov is not yet live with appointments for children, but White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients says the site will be up and running Friday.

"You need to get the vaccines to those sites," he said at a Wednesday White House briefing. "Over the next 24 hours alone there will be millions more doses in the air and on trucks heading to cities and towns across the country. From Bar Harbor, Maine, to Anchorage, Alaska, to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Packing and shipping will continue over the weekend and into next week, with doses arriving at thousands of vaccination sites in every state, tribe and territory."

Boxes of kid-size doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are readied in October 2021.
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CVS said it will offer the pediatric vaccine at "nearly 1,700" pharmacy locations across 46 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., beginning Nov. 7.

Parents can start scheduling CVS appointments online now.

-ABC News' Cheyenne Haslett

Nov 03, 2021, 2:46 PM EDT

Colorado now has its highest hospitalization rate since December

Health officials in Colorado are growing increasingly concerned as the state's daily case rate has more than doubled in the last month. 

Nearly 200 COVID-19 patients are being admitted to hospitals each day -- the highest number of people seeking care since December 2020, according to federal data.

There are currently more than 1,300 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across Colorado, the majority of whom -- 80% -- are unvaccinated, according to state data.

With the statewide hospital capacity falling under 10%, Gov. Jared Polis has signed a "particularly urgent" executive order that would permit the state's health department to order hospitals to transfer or stop admitting patients after reaching or nearing capacity. 

Federal data show just 61.7% of the state's total population is fully vaccinated.

-ABC News' Arielle Mitropoulos

Nov 03, 2021, 1:31 PM EDT

Aaron Rodgers tests positive

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss this Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs, ESPN reported, citing a source.

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers throws the football at State Farm Stadium on Oct. 28, 2021 in Glendale, Ariz.
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The NFL considers Rodgers unvaccinated, ESPN reported. Coach Matt LeFleur did not confirm Rodgers' vaccination status when he addressed reporters Wednesday.

LeFleur said he's not sure if Rodgers has symptoms.

-ABC News' Will Gretsky

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Nov 03, 2021, 1:05 PM EDT

LA mayor tests positive

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said.

Garcetti, who is in Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, "is feeling good and isolating in his hotel room," his office said.

The mayor is fully vaccinated, his office added.

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