Sununu tours NH's 1st mass vaccination site, says he's hopeful for 'a great summer'

THE RACE IS ON - New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu chats with Granite Staters waiting in line for drive-up COVID vaccinations at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon today. (Courtesy/Governor's Office)

LOUDON - Governor Chris Sununu toured the state's first mass vaccination site at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon today.

Between today and Monday12,000 Granite Staters are expected to receive the Johnson and Johnson vaccine at the NASCAR summer race venue.

"The opportunity to vaccinate nearly 12,000 Granite Staters at one site over the course of a single weekend is an incredible opportunity for New Hampshire," said the governor. "Hats off to the hundreds of state employees and volunteers who made this possible. We're getting doses into arms as quickly as we receive them, and the fact that we're so far ahead of schedule gives us a lot of confidence that it's going to be a great summer here in the Granite State."

Around a third of the state's 1B group have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to DHHS.

Some 325,000 people fall into the 1B category, which is people over 65 and some others with specific underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk.