The Vaccination Campaign

The Local Vaccination Campaign Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) Massachusetts: 5,240,562 (up 8,329 from Tuesday) Rhode Island: 839,134 (up 1,052 from Tuesday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo declined to disclose whether he has received the COVID vaccine during a confirmation hearing Tuesday.

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts:  1,516,170 cases (up 5,405 from Tuesday)  ·  22,069 deaths (up 130 from Tuesday)  ·  1,161 hospitalizations (down 164 from Tuesday) Rhode Island:  351,334 cases (up 1,254 from Tuesday)  ·  3,375 deaths (up 10 from Tuesday)  ·  259 hospitalizations (down 29 from Tuesday) 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 Massachusetts cities like Lynn and Salem have taken steps to rescind mask mandates.  A Tufts University postdoctoral scholar said deer may "need to become a consideration in SARS-CoV-2 control and prevention." The Massachusetts State House was locked down after people protesting vaccine mandates entered the building during Governor Baker’s press conference about school mask mandates.  Two years into the pandemic, the question for Boston is what it will take to rebound and reclaim that prepandemic vibrancy, Globe contributor Kara Miller wrote.

 

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 544,817,223 vaccinations 77,284,578 cases 912,549 deaths Sources: Johns Hopkins Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Most and Least Vaccinated US States (% of population fully vaccinated) Top Ranked Vermont (79.7%) Rhode Island (79.7%) Maine (77.9%) Connecticut (77.2%) Massachusetts (77%) Bottom Ranked Alabama (49.8%) Wyoming (50.2%) Mississippi (50.5%) Louisiana (52.2%) Idaho (52.6%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide  10,142,445,562 vaccine doses administered 405,319,387 cases 5,786,357 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide The world surpassed 400 million known coronavirus cases Tuesday, just one month after reaching 300 million.  A bumper-to-bumper truck blockade protesting coronavirus restrictions is disrupting the flow of auto parts across the US-Canada border. Police in Ottawa are now warning that protesters blocking streets may be “arrested without a warrant." New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women.