The Vaccination Campaign

The Local Vaccination Campaign Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson as of Wednesday) Massachusetts: 4,774,742 (up 13,246 from Tuesday) Rhode Island: 748,250 (up 843 from Tuesday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations The Globe's Martin Finucane detailed Pfizer's request to offer coronavirus vaccine boosters to all US adults.  The COVID vaccination campaign for elementary school children is rolling out across the United States, with about 900,000 kids getting their first shot. In Mass., more than 15,000 children received their first Pfizer pediatric COVID vaccine shot on Monday. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said that it is safe for children to get vaccinated against the coronavirus after actor Matthew McConaughey said that he is waiting to get his kids vaccinated.

 

 

 

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts (as of Tuesday):  Data from Wednesday and Thursday is planned to be released on Friday, the state says. 808,601 cases ·  18,719 deaths ·  515 hospitalizations  Rhode Island (as of Wednesday):  182,486 cases (up 311 from Tuesday)  ·  2,887 deaths (up 3 from Tuesday)  ·  106 hospitalizations (up 3 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 A COVID outbreak has hit the Middleton Jail in Mass. with 60 inmates and eight employees testing positive for the virus in two days. Eleanor Slater Hospital, run by the state of Rhode Island, replaced unvaccinated medical staff. On Tuesday, Mass. reported 4,608 new breakthrough coronavirus cases among the fully vaccinated since last week, bringing the total of such cases among the fully vaccinated population to 1.2 percent.

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 434,486,889 vaccinations (as of Wednesday) 46,833,116 cases 759,568 deaths Sources: Johns Hopkins Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Most and Least Vaccinated US States (% of population fully vaccinated as of Wednesday) Top Ranked Vermont (71.8%) Rhode Island (71.5%) Connecticut (71.2%) Maine (71.2%) Massachusetts (70.2%) Bottom Ranked West Virginia (41.1%) Idaho (44.4%) Wyoming (44.6%) Alabama (45.2%) Mississippi (46.%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide  7,372,190,460 vaccinations 251,825,433 cases 5,078,272 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide Amid a spike in COVID cases in Germany, lawmakers are discussing legislation to put measures in place. Ten states, including New Hampshire, are suing the government in an attempt to block healthcare workers from having to adhere to the Biden administration's vaccination mandate.

 

 

What's Next A virologist in China says "COVID zero," a method of combating coronavirus case flare ups, is unattainable.