The Vaccination Campaign Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) Massachusetts: 5,377,206 (up 6,479 from Thursday) Rhode Island: 873,702 (up 1,625 from Thursday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations The Food and Drug Administration, as well as the CDC advisory committee, cleared the way for healthy kids ages 5 to 11 to receive booster shots.  Baker and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wrote a bipartisan request to speed federal approval for Moderna’s application for a vaccine for children under age 6.

 

 

 

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts:  1,687,023 cases (up 27,773 from Thursday)  ·  19,315 deaths (up 72 from Thursday)  ·  866 hospitalizations (up 138 from Thursday) Rhode Island:  386,196 cases (up 5,812 from Thursday)  · 3,561 deaths (up 13 from Thursday)  ·  103 hospitalizations (up 21 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 Black and Latino leaders launched the Health Equity Compact Monday to racial and ethnic disparities in Massachusetts laid bare by the pandemic. Baker abruptly canceled two public events on Tuesday because he was “not feeling well,” but he tested negative for COVID-19.

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 582,392,631 vaccine doses administered 83,024,894 cases 1,001,468 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 (82.9%) Vermont (81.4%) Maine (79.9%) Connecticut (79.5%) Massachusetts (79.3%) Bottom Ranked Wyoming (51%) Alabama (51.3%) Mississippi (52%) Louisiana (53.6%) Arkansas (54.6%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide  11,429,851,334 vaccine doses administered 523,848,272 cases 6,272,860 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide Americans are now eligible for a third order of free rapid at-home coronavirus tests shipped through the Postal Service. Here’s how to order them.  The vast majority of long COVID patients had not been hospitalized for their initial infection, a new study found. Some scientists now fear that variants that are adept at dodging the body’s defenses could infect people two or three times a year.

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