The Vaccination Campaign

The Local Vaccination Campaign Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) Massachusetts: 5,232,233 (up 17,875 from Thursday) Rhode Island: 838,082 (up 4,862 from Thursday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations Younger people benefited less from booster shots than older people, according to data the CDC released last week.

 

 

 

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts:  1,510,765 cases (up 12,712 from Thursday)  ·  21,939 deaths (up 247 from Thursday)  ·  1,325 hospitalizations (down 336 from Thursday) Rhode Island:  350,080 cases (up 3,039 from Thursday)  · 3,365 deaths (up 24 from Thursday)  ·  288 hospitalizations (down 40 from Thursday) 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 The COVID-19 death toll in the United States surpassed 900,000 last Friday. Deer in New York have been found carrying Omicron, according to researchers, marking the first time the variant has been reported in wild animals. Debate is growing about whether Massachusetts' mandatory mask rules should be revised or dropped as cases among students start to decline.

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 544,139,366 vaccine doses administered 77,025,027 cases 908,262 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 (79.6%) Maine (77.8%) Connecticut (77%) Massachusetts (76.7%) Bottom Ranked Alabama (49.7%) Wyoming (50%) Mississippi (50.4%) Louisiana (52.1%) Idaho (52.5%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide  10,095,756,401 vaccine doses administered 400,244,031 cases 5,761,208 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US has dropped more than 28 percent over the past three weeks.