The Vaccination Campaign

The Local Vaccination Campaign Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) Massachusetts: 5,017,686 (up 17,965 from Monday) Rhode Island: 789,670 (up 3,585 from Monday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations A CDC panel recommended Thursday that most Americans be given mRNA vaccines over the Johnson & Johnson shot that can cause rare but serious blood clots.  The Massachusetts Medical Society has urged parents to vaccinate kids ages 5 and up to help keep school open amidst rising case numbers in the state.

 

 

 

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts:  927,563 cases (up 15,055 from Monday)  ·  19,331 deaths (up 88 from Monday)  ·  1,473 hospitalizations (up 118 from Monday) Rhode Island:  207,556 cases (up 3,848 from Monday)  ·  2,985 deaths (up 16 from Monday)  ·  245 hospitalizations (no change from Monday) Reported increases or decreases from the last issue of this newsletter. Sources: Massachusetts Department of Public Health Rhode Island Department of Health View all COVID-19 news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: COVID-19 Impact More experts are calling for a statewide mask mandate in Massachusetts, with several individual cities and towns setting a requirement themselves.  Our pandemic-era cleaning habits may be doing more harm than good, Globe contributor Kara Miller wrote.  Rhode Island enacted an indoor mask mandate for venues with more than 250 people.  Six Bruins players tested positive for COVID-19 this week.

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 488,296,089 vaccinations 50,453,655 cases 803,181 deaths Sources: Johns Hopkins Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Most and Least Vaccinated US States (% of population fully vaccinated) Top Ranked Vermont (75.8%) Rhode Island (75.2%) Maine (74.7%) Connecticut (73.9%) Massachusetts (73.5%) Bottom Ranked Idaho (45.8%) Wyoming (46.7%) Alabama (47%) Mississippi (47.8%) Lousiana (49.7%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide  8,582,739,517 vaccinations 272,728,990 cases 5,334,798 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide Wastewater samples show that Omicron is now the dominant strain in the Florida county that's home to Disney World.  Nearly 98 percent of active duty US Army members received the vaccine before the federal deadline.

 

 

What's Next How will struggling restaurants grapple with a second pandemic winter? It's too early to tell.  Scientists are still unsure of how quickly Omicron will spread through the country. So far, three cases have been identified in Boston, the city's Public Heath Commission said Wednesday.