Bucks County Reaches Biden's COVID Vaccination Goal

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Bucks County has officially exceeded President Joe Biden's goal of having at least 70 percent of adults partially or fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by July 4, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Almost 78 percent of adults in the county have received at least one dose of vaccine, while 63 percent have been fully vaccinated, according to CDC data.

While the nation as a whole is only about 67 percent partially vaccinated, Pennsylvania remains among 19 states to have reached Biden's goal.

Meanwhile, new COVID-19 infections in Bucks County continue to rapidly decline, and no deaths were reported last week.

The seven-day average of new cases has dropped to six per day, with only 33 new infections reported in the county last week.

There are currently nine COVID-19 patients in county hospitals. Only one of them is on a ventilator.

The vaccine has been effective in preventing serious cases and deaths due to the virus, according to Bucks County Health Department Director David Damsker. The health department is not aware of any vaccinated person in the county who has died from the virus, nor of any vaccinated person placed on a ventilator.

The county’s four mass vaccination sites remain open this week 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Saturday, July 3, when sites at the Perkasie and Newtown campuses of Bucks County Community College will close. Clinics at Neshaminy Mall and the Warwick Square shopping center will continue on a reduced schedule – from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays – when the county reopens July 6 after the holiday weekend.

Shots are available at all sites without appointments required. All locations offer both the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine and the two-dose Pfizer vaccine.

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