How Close Are Scotch Plains, Fanwood To 70% Of Adults Vaccinated?

UNION COUNTY, NJ — Seventy percent is the magic number. It's the number of adults New Jersey wants fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by July 1, the amount President Joe Biden wants partially inoculated by July 4 and a figure Union County has not quite reached in its adult population.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 58.4 percent of the county's adult residents are fully vaccinated, and 70.6 percent have received at least one dose.

While Union County as a whole is coming up short, so are Scotch Plains and Fanwood. Scotch Plains shows 68 percent of adult residents are fully vaccinated, and 62 percent have received at least one dose. Fanwood shows 70 percent of adult residents are fully vaccinated, and 64 percent have received at least one dose.

Here's the breakdown of what percentage of adults in each Union County town have received at least one dose and how many are fully vaccinated:

• Berkeley Heights Township: 70 percent, 63 percent
• Clark Township: 59 percent, 54 percent
• Cranford Township: 68 percent, 61 percent
• Elizabeth City: 52 percent, 43 percent
• Fanwood Borough: 70 percent, 64 percent
• Garwood Borough: 58 percent, 52 percent
• Hillside Township: 50 percent, 42 percent
• Kenilworth Borough: 55 percent, 49 percent
• Linden City: 49 percent, 41 percent
• Mountainside Borough: 65 percent, 59 percent
• New Providence Borough: 70 percent, 63 percent
• Plainfield City: 47 percent, 38 percent
• Rahway City: 56 percent, 47 percent
• Roselle Borough: 47 percent, 40 percent
• Roselle Park Borough: 58 percent, 51 percent
• Scotch Plains Township: 68 percent, 62 percent
• Springfield Township: 67 percent, 61 percent
• Summit City: 73 percent, 66 percent
• Union Township: 57 percent, 50 percent
• Westfield Town: 71 percent, 65 percent
• Winfield Township: 54 percent, 49 percent

New Jersey reached the milestone of 4.7 million people fully vaccinated last Friday. The New Jersey Department of Health has logged 4.86 million people fully inoculated as of Friday morning. The state is also on the verge of passing a six-month goal of getting 70 percent of all adults — also 4.7 million people — fully vaccinated, Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday.

— With reporting by Josh Bakan

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