Puerto Rico leads U.S. states and territories with the highest vaccination rate against the coronavirus.

The island has 72.2 percent of its total population fully vaccinated, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows.

That means 2.3 million out of the island's 3.3 million population have been fully vaccinated.

Other states and territories close behind Puerto Rico include Guam with 71.5 percent fully vaccinated, Vermont with 70.6 percent vaccinated and Connecticut with 70 percent vaccinated.

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