ABC's Andy Field - April 5, 2021 -KRDO's Afternoon News

At today's White House COVID-19 briefing, senior advisor Andy Slavitt announced the latest numbers from the White House's vaccination efforts. According to federal officials, the US is vaccinating an average of 3.1 million people a day, with nearly 1 in 4 adults fully vaccinated. It comes after a high of 4 million people received shots in one day over the weekend. Despite the positive numbers, officials warned that we could see a spring surge. "You might remember a year ago, or a little bit more than a year ago when we were looking for the summer to rescue us from surges, it was in fact the opposite," Dr. Anthony Fauci said. "We saw some substantial surges in the summer, I don't think we should even think about relying on the weather to bail us out of anything we're in right now." Dr. Rochelle Walensky also warned that young people could be at risk, saying that young adults were predominantly affected by the uptick in cases and variants.