The Vaccination Campaign

The Local Vaccination Campaign Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) Massachusetts: 5,298,708 (up 7,230 from Thursday) Rhode Island: 854,422 (up 2,035 from Thursday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations Florida's surgeon general said that the state will formally recommend against COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children.  A group of experts convened by the World Health Organization said Tuesday that it “strongly supports urgent and broad access” to COVID booster doses, marking a reversal of the group's position last year.

 

 

 

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts:  1,545,910 cases (up 3,201 from Thursday)  ·  22,916 deaths (up 106 from Thursday)  ·  291 hospitalizations (down 92 from Thursday) Rhode Island:  357,266 cases (up 639 from Thursday)  ·  3,419 deaths (up 4 from Thursday)  ·  96 hospitalizations (down 10 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 Patrons in Boston shed their masks this past weekend after the city's indoor mask mandate for a number of venues ended on Saturday. Multiple Boston-area hospitals have joined a study that aims to understand long COVID. Massachusetts aims to keep a stockpile of 3.5 million rapid antigen COVID-19 tests on hand to meet demand and prepare for any upcoming surges, Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders said Monday.

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 555,595,418 vaccine doses administered 79,359,409 cases 961,514 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 (80.9%) Vermont (80.4%) Maine (78.5%) Connecticut (78%) Massachusetts (77.8%) Bottom Ranked Alabama (50.4%) Wyoming (50.7%) Mississippi (51.1%) Louisiana (52.7%) Idaho (53.3%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide  10,620,885,377 vaccine doses administered 448,777,489 cases 6,012,558 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide COVID-19 may cause greater loss of gray matter and tissue damage in the brain than naturally occurs in people who haven't had the virus, a study found.  According to a new CDC study of Arkansas schools, school districts that required masks in the fall of 2021 saw significantly fewer COVID cases than in districts where masks were optional.

 

 

What's Next You can now order four more free rapid antigen COVID-19 tests that will be sent to your home as part of a federal program.