‘We Need To Get To 70 Percent By July 4th': Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava Hopes To Meet Biden Admin. Goal

By Brooke Shafer, CBS Miami

June 18, 2021

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is urging the community to get vaccinated, hoping to meet a goal set by the Biden Administration.

President Joe Biden has a goal for all U.S. Americans to have at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot by July 4. Miami-Dade County has a 66 percent vaccination rate for people 12 and up.

“People are still needing to take the shot,” said Levine Cava on Wednesday morning at a vaccination event at the Comprehensive Health Center. at 671 Northwest 119th Street in North Miami.

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