The Vaccination Campaign

The Local Vaccination Campaign Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) Massachusetts: 5,316,580 (up 2,041 from Tuesday) Rhode Island: 858,946 (up 1,054 from Tuesday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations Cambridge biotech Alnylam is suing Moderna and Pfizer over a key COVID vaccine ingredient: lipid nanoparticles.

 

 

 

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts:  1,557,249 cases (up 2,160 from Tuesday)  ·  18,960 deaths (up 6 from Tuesday)  ·  234 hospitalizations (down 3 from Tuesday) Rhode Island:  360,016 cases (up 406 from Tuesday)  ·  3,435 deaths (up 4 from Tuesday)  ·  60 hospitalizations (down 4 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 Restaurants and residents in Boston’s North End are embroiled in controversy over the pandemic-era outdoor dining program that once served as a lifeline for businesses. Massachusetts used part of its federal coronavirus relief money to pay off debts for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate in Dorchester. Census data shows that Suffolk County had one of the steepest population declines in the country — a reality that can be at least partly attributed to losses and migration from the pandemic.

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 558,723,296 vaccine doses administered 79,878,771 cases 975,650 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 (78.7%) Connecticut (78.3%) Massachusetts (78%) Bottom Ranked Alabama (50.6%) Wyoming (51%) Mississippi (51.4%) Louisiana (53.1%) Idaho (53.5%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide  10,849,327,608 vaccine doses administered 476,683,132 cases 6,108,053 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide A federal agency will no longer cover COVID tests and treatments for uninsured people because of the federal budget impasse over the Biden’s request for $22.5 billion in COVID funds. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has tested positive for COVID-19 with “mild” symptoms.  New York City Mayor Eric Adams has exempted athletes and performers — including Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving — from the city’s vaccine mandate Thursday.