The Vaccination Campaign

Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) Massachusetts: 5,412,504 (up 2,687 from Thursday) Rhode Island: 897,118 (up 1,483 from Thursday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations Regulators authorized the nation’s fourth coronavirus vaccine from Novavax, a Maryland biotechnology company that has been a straggler in the vaccine race.  Nearly 800,000 more doses of monkeypox vaccine could be ready for distribution in the United States by the end of July.

 

 

 

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts:  1,783,187 cases (up 8,946 from Thursday)  ·  19,818 deaths (up 50 from Thursday)  ·  552 hospitalizations as of July 12 (up 26 from Thursday) Rhode Island:  406,321 cases (up 2,117 from Thursday)  ·  3,621 deaths (up 8 from Thursday)  ·  61 hospitalizations (down 13 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 levels of coronavirus detected in Eastern Massachusetts waste water remained stubbornly elevated last week. Boston researchers may have found biomarkers for long COVID.  COVID will be in schools this fall, and it’s time to make plans. Globe contributor Kara Miller has some ideas.

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 597,699,561 vaccine doses administered 89,235,119 cases 1,023,855 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 (83.8%) Vermont (82%) Maine (80.6%) Connecticut (80.2%) Massachusetts (80.1%) Bottom Ranked Wyoming (51.4%) Alabama (51.6%) Mississippi (52.3%) Louisiana (54%) Tennessee (55%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Note: The CDC noted on its website that its vaccination data has not been updated since last Thursday, July 7, though the figures have changed since the prior newsletter. The agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  Worldwide  11,819,530,262 vaccine doses administered 559,934,581 cases 6,365,297 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide Another worrying Omicron mutant is gaining ground in India and numerous other countries. The pandemic caused a surge in superbug infections in US hospitals, reversing years of progress, according to a new CDC analysis. Concerned about the “significant suffering” from COVID, Bill Gates will donate $20 billion to his foundation so it can increase its annual spending. The response to monkeypox in the US has been sluggish and timid, reminiscent of the early days of the COVID pandemic, experts say.