The Vaccination Campaign

The Local Vaccination Campaign Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) Massachusetts: 5,314,539 (up 4,805 from Thursday) Rhode Island: 857,892 (up 811 from Thursday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations The COVID-19 vaccination campaign has stalled. About one-quarter of eligible adults are still not fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.

 

 

 

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts:  1,555,089 cases (up 3,279 from Thursday)  ·  18,954 deaths (up 28 from Thursday)  ·  237 hospitalizations (up 9 from Thursday) Rhode Island:  359,610 cases (up 730 from Thursday)  ·  3,431 deaths (up 2 from Thursday)  ·  64 hospitalizations (down 3 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 According to a new study, most patients with severe COVD-19 regained consciousness even after spending weeks in a coma.  A Stoughton man was charged with wire fraud last week for allegedly using more than $400,000 in COVID relief funds.  An outbreak of COVID-19 among sixth-graders in a Concord middle school forced the closure of the school last week.

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 558,649,472 vaccine doses administered 79,799,949 cases 973,038 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 (81.4%) Vermont (80.4%) Maine (78.6%) Connecticut (78.2%) Massachusetts (78%) Bottom Ranked Alabama (50.6%) Wyoming (50.9%) Mississippi (51.3%) Louisiana (53%) Idaho (53.5%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide  10,818,047,370 vaccine doses administered 473,087,486 cases 6,097,204 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday she tested positive for COVID-19 again and won't join President Biden on a trip to Europe for meetings on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The number of Americans who died of alcohol-related causes increased sharply in the first year of the pandemic, a study found.  A federal agency said it can no longer cover COVID-19 tests and treatments bills for uninsured people with a funding request stuck in Congress.