The Vaccination Campaign

The Local Vaccination Campaign Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) Massachusetts: 4,739,338 (up 14,130 from Thursday) Rhode Island: 742,020 (up 4,255 from Thursday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations Eighteen states filed lawsuits to stop President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors. Eleanor Slater Hospital in Rhode Island will continue to allow unvaccinated direct care workers to work, having failed to replace them a month after the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate went into effect. A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that vaccination provides stronger and more reliable protection against the disease than past infection.

 

 

 

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts:  798,691 cases (up 5,554 from Thursday)  ·  18,633 deaths (up 44 from Thursday)  ·  522 hospitalizations (down 6 from Thursday) Rhode Island:  180,187 cases (up 1,016 from Thursday)  ·  2,881 deaths (up 3 from Thursday)  ·  95 hospitalizations (up 4 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 Asgard and Kinsale join the list of Boston-area restaurants to close during the pandemic.

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 423,942,794 vaccinations 46,140,509 cases 748,173 deaths Sources: Johns Hopkins Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Most and Least Vaccinated US States (% of population fully vaccinated) Top Ranked Vermont (71.4%) Rhode Island (71%) Connecticut (70.8%) Maine (70.7%) Massachusetts (69.8%) Bottom Ranked West Virginia (41%) Idaho (44%) Wyoming (44.1%) Alabama (44.8%) Mississippi (45.7%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide  7,105,180,138 vaccinations 247,447,923 cases 5,011,786 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide Vermont, the most vaccinated state in the nation, has been weathering a spike in COVID cases. My colleague Kay Lazar asks why.  About 9,000 municipal employees in New York have been placed on unpaid leave because they are not vaccinated, but they can return to work as soon as they get a first dose.

 

 

What's Next ‘A great summer,’ but now what? As North End restaurants pack up their patios, an uncertain future looms.