The Vaccination Campaign

The Local Vaccination Campaign Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) Massachusetts: 5,071,253 (up 17,083 from Thursday) Rhode Island: 820,547 (up 3,640 from Thursday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations Dr. Anthony Fauci said it would be "reasonable to consider" a domestic travel COVID-19 vaccination rule. A Massachusetts state trooper was fired last week for failing to comply with the state's vaccination mandate, according to the trooper's union.  The Baker administration is offering a cash incentive to Massachusetts nursing homes that increase the number of staff who have received booster shots to 75 percent by mid-January. But it doesn't appear to be driving up the number of people getting the additional shots.

 

 

 

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts:  1,002,266 cases (up 32,251 from Thursday)  ·  19,692 deaths (up 120 from Thursday)  ·  1,707 hospitalizations (up 75 from Thursday) Rhode Island:  223,985 (up 6,757 from Thursday)  ·  3,046 deaths (up 28 from Thursday)  ·  295 hospitalizations (up 22 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 rapid rise of the Omicron variant has upended the way doctors treat some patients with COVID-19.  Flight delays and cancellations have persisted for days at Logan International Airport and airports across the country due to airlines' staffing shortages as a result of COVID-19 infections  Nearly 500 National Guard personnel have been activated to help Massachusetts hospitals deal with the surge in COVID-19 cases.

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 503,480,667 vaccine doses administered 52,912,744 cases 819,253 deaths Sources: Johns Hopkins Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Most and Least Vaccinated US States (% of population fully vaccinated) Top Ranked Vermont (77.3%) Rhode Island (76.1%) Maine (75.6%) Connecticut (74.5%) Massachusetts (74.4%) Bottom Ranked Idaho (46.2%) Wyoming (47.3%) Alabama (47.5%) Mississippi (48.1%) Louisiana (50.1%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide  9,012,862,726 vaccine doses administered 281,803,069 cases 5,410,921 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide COVID-19 cases in the United States have surpassed the number of infections seen during last winter's peak.  President Biden on Monday acknowledged that COVID-19 testing availability has not kept up with demand and pledged to "do better."  Countries including China and Australia are reporting surging COVID-19 cases.