Coronavirus Watch: Biden administration says it won't reach July 4 vaccination goal

The Biden administration won't reach its "aspirational" goal of getting 70% of adult Americans at least partially vaccinated for COVID-19 by the Fourth of July.

Sixteen states and the District of Columbia have reached the goal already – but some states are at less than 50% of all adults, Jeff Zients, White House Coronavirus Response coordinator, said Tuesday. It will take a few more weeks to reach 70% of all adults but Zients called the current numbers "amazing progress."

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Biden's chief medical adviser, stressed that the push to get more people vaccinated will continue. "We are not done until we completely crush this outbreak," Fauci said. 

It's Tuesday, and this is the Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here's more news you need to know:

• Moderna will be adding two new production lines to its plant in Norwood, Massachusetts, to prepare for making booster shots. 
• Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration scaled back workplace safety rules Tuesday, keeping mask and other requirements only in health care settings.
• Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will pay off all the past-due rent that accumulated in the nation’s most populated state.
• Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to order the arrest of Filipinos who refuse vaccination and told them to leave the country if they would not cooperate with the efforts to contain the pandemic.
• India said it vaccinated more than 8 million people on the first day of a program administering free shots to all adults. Monday's total comes as the government faces continued criticism, accused of failing to provide sufficient supply of vaccines for the nation of 1.4 billion people.

Today's numbers: The U.S. has reported more than 33.5 million COVID-19 cases and 602,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there have been more than 178.9 million cases and nearly 3.9 million deaths. About 53% of people in the U.S. have received at least one vaccine shot, and about 45% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.

Tracking the pandemic: See the numbers in your area here. See where cases are rising here. See vaccination rates here. And here, compare vaccinations rates worldwide and see which countries are using which vaccines.

– Grace Hauck, Paste BN breaking news reporter, @grace_hauck