The Vaccination Campaign

Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) Massachusetts: 5,322,796 (up 2,060 from Tuesday) Rhode Island: 860,935 (up 1,385 from Tuesday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations Federal data suggests that people with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine should get a booster with an mRNA vaccine — and even consider a second mRNA dose. Omicron has been linked to more hospitalizations, severe complications, and deaths of young children than previous strains, according to a Hong Kong-based study.

 

 

 

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts:  1,564,394 cases (up 2,724 from Tuesday)  ·  18,996 deaths (up 8 from Tuesday)  ·  221 hospitalizations (up 6 from Tuesday) Rhode Island:  361,262 cases (up 503 from Tuesday)  ·  3,522 deaths (no change from Tuesday)  ·  50 hospitalizations (down 1 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 The Boston City Council adopted a proposal to restrict the hours when protesters may target private residents, after months of near-daily antivaccination demonstrations outside the home of Mayor Michelle Wu.  Waltham-based Adagio Therapeutics plans to seek emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 antibody, which it hopes may prevent and treat the disease. Some Boston restaurants are struggling to comply with outdoor dining regulations in the third and final year of the pandemic-era program.

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 560,226,317 vaccine doses administered 80,085,597 cases 980,559 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 (81.6%) Vermont (80.6%) Maine (78.8%) Connecticut (78.4%) Massachusetts (78.2%) Bottom Ranked Alabama (50.7%) Wyoming (51.5%) Mississippi (51.5%) Louisiana (53.2%) Idaho (53.6%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide  10,884,874,168 vaccine doses administered 487,671,347 cases 6,141,720 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide President Joe Biden received a second booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine Wednesday, a day after regulators approved a fourth shot for those 50 and older. The number of people killed by COVID surged by over 40 percent last week, likely due to newly adjusted figures from the US and India.  Nearly half of US high school students said they felt persistently sad or hopeless during the pandemic, according to new findings.