How Close Are Morris County Towns To 70% Of Adults Vaccinated?

NEW JERSEY — 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 Morris County has already reached in its adult population.

But some Morris County towns stand short of the mark. And that could soon mean state officials knocking on doors in those municipalities. The COVID-19 Community Corps — employees and volunteers for the New Jersey Department of Health — will encourage people to get vaccinated and tell people where they can get a shot.

That won't apply to most of Morris County though. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 74.3 percent of the county's adult residents are fully vaccinated, and 83.8 percent have received at least one dose.

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

• Chatham Borough: 99 percent, 91 percent
• Morris Plains: 96 percent, 88 percent
• Mountain Lakes: 90 percent, 84 percent
• Wharton: 95 percent, 81 percent
• Chatham Township: 90 percent, 81 percent
• Mendham Borough: 87 percent, 80 percent
• Parsippany: 87 percent, 79 percent
• Chester Borough: 89 percent, 78 percent
• Rockaway Borough: 87 percent, 78 percent
• Boonton Township: 85 percent, 78 percent
• Denville: 81 percent, 76 percent
• Long Hill: 83 percent, 75 percent
• Hanover: 82 percent, 75 percent
• Morris Township: 82 percent, 75 percent
• Randolph: 82 percent, 75 percent
• Montville: 81 percent: 75 percent
• Madison: 81 percent, 74 percent
• Pequannock: 78 percent, 73 percent
• Lincoln Park: 79 percent, 72 percent
• Victory Gardens: 83 percent, 70 percent
• Boonton: 78 percent, 70 percent
• East Hanover: 75 percent, 69 percent
• Morristown: 80 percent, 68 percent
• Mine Hill: 76 percent, 68 percent
• Kinnelon: 74 percent, 68 percent
• Rockaway Township: 74 percent, 68 percent
• Riverdale: 73 percent, 67 percent
• Washington Township: 73 percent, 66 percent
• Mount Arlington: 72 percent, 66 percent
• Butler: 72 percent, 65 percent
• Roxbury: 71 percent, 65 percent
• Dover: 78 percent, 64 percent
• Florham Park: 69 percent, 63 percent
• Mount Olive: 69 percent, 62 percent
• Chester Township: 68 percent, 61 percent
• Mendham Township: 65 percent, 59 percent
• Netcong: 67 percent, 58 percent
• Harding: 64 percent, 58 percent
• Jefferson: 60 percent, 55 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.

The United States will need "a few extra weeks" after Independence Day for 70 percent of all adults to get vaccinated, according to Jeffrey Zients, the head of the White House COVID-19 response team.