COVID-19: 600,000 American lives have now been lost to the pandemic Share Updated: 2:06 PM CDT Jun 15, 2021 By JANIE HAR and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN COVID-19: 600,000 American lives have now been lost to the pandemic Share Updated: 2:06 PM CDT Jun 15, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript restrictions continue being lifted across the United States is more cities and states start fully reopening on Fridays, Chicago's mayor announced the Windy city has dropped pandemic era regulations, No more mask mandate or social distancing requirements, even offering some free tickets to its famed Lollapalooza music Festival, to vaccinated fans. Now it's time for you to get up, get out of the house this summer and fully and safely and enjoy the events of the best city on the planet. Our beloved city of Chicago This week. Other major cities like Seattle and Denver across the Biden administration's goal of having 70% of the adult population vaccinated with at least one dose. By four July new york state on the cusp of reaching that goal, it's a threshold to states, Governor Andrew cuomo has said, will trigger the end to all of the state's covid 19 restrictions. New Yorkers can also plan on the return of the famed Macy's fireworks for Independence Day, according to new york mayor Bill de Blasio. But vaccination rates in certain states remained relatively low, including in states like Alabama Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee and Wyoming. While adults and Children over 12 continue receiving vaccines across the United States, nearly 62% of that population has at least one dose. So far, Experts are split on how urgently Children under the age of 12 should receive their vaccine. They are still at risk of hospitalization and they are still at risk of having adverse side effects. Kids have been isolated for a large proportion of time, but as school starts back in the fall and they're in classrooms, their in group activities in school sports, it's going to get colder so people are going to start moving inside. Their risk is going to increase if they're not vaccinated. Another concern among experts, the mental health of adolescents during the pandemic emergency room visits for suicide attempts rose an alarming 51% among teenage girls during the pandemic. That's according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released on Friday, but they remain signs of optimism in the global fight against the pandemic. The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of two batches of the johnson and johnson vaccine that were produced at a troubled Baltimore lab, concluding they are safe to use polo sandoval CNN new york.