The Vaccination Campaign

The Local Vaccination Campaign Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) Massachusetts: 5,263,468 (up 7,212 from Tuesday) Rhode Island: 843,977 (up 903 from Tuesday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations Vaccine maker BioNTech has unveiled plans to establish manufacturing facilities in Africa that would boost the availability of much-needed vaccines on the continent. The European Union is aiding the vaccine rollout there, too.

 

 

 

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts:  1,527,970 cases (up 3,979 from Tuesday)  ·  22,361 deaths (up 83 from Tuesday)  ·  776 hospitalizations (down 106 from Tuesday) Rhode Island:  353,776 cases (up 728 from Tuesday)  ·  3,397 deaths (up 4 from Tuesday)  ·  172 hospitalizations (down 21 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 Burnt out, a physician assistant quit her job in the ICU. After a fall off a cliff in Puerto Rico, she’s now a patient herself. The sense that COVID may finally become endemic has made some people question what a more-normal world means for their wallets. City officials have restarted conversations about how to bring people back to downtown Boston post-Omicron.

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 548,436,140 vaccine doses administered 78,239,451 cases 929,813 deaths Sources: Johns Hopkins Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Most and Least Vaccinated US States (% of population fully vaccinated) Top Ranked Rhode Island (80.1%) Vermont (79.9%) Maine (78.1%) Connecticut (77.4%) Massachusetts (77.2%) Bottom Ranked Alabama (49.9%) Wyoming (50.3%) Mississippi (50.6%) Louisiana (52.3%) Idaho (52.7%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide  10,300,909,484 vaccine doses administered 419,054,067 cases 5,857,783 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide Attendees of the Coachella music festival will not be required to wear masks or be vaccinated or tested for the coronavirus. Every state is operating with different mask mandates right now. Here's a rundown of the rules.  COVID patients may be at increased risk for developing mental health problems, according to a new study.