But the loosening of restrictions come as new Covid-19 vaccination rates decrease from spring highs, leaving some areas vulnerable to potential pandemic hotspots and risking the progress the nation has made.
As of Friday, the country was averaging just over one million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered per day over the past week, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
And while CDC data shows that’s a nearly 14% increase from the previous week, vaccination rates remain lower than the peak average in early April of 3.3 million per day.
Nearly 64% of adults in the US…