By the Numbers

Massachusetts cases are on the rise, with numbers climbing fastest among kids and teens. Older children saw the biggest increase (up 59.6%), followed by 0 to 9-year-olds (15.1%). The Rhode Island case count grew by about the same amount this week — 1,700 or so cases — as the week before. 

Massachusetts
Cases: 1,878,650
Deaths: 20,292
Current Hospitalizations: 694
People Vaccinated: 5,496,946 (as of Sept. 28)
People Boosted: 3,259,184 (as of Sept. 28)
Source: Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Rhode Island
Cases: 425,129
Deaths: 3,669
New Hospital Admissions As Of Last Week: 83
People Vaccinated: 903,446
People Boosted: 508,428
Source: Rhode Island Department of Health

US
Vaccine Doses Administered: 612,825,646
Cases: 96,325,233
Deaths: 1,059,060
Source: Johns Hopkins

Worldwide
Vaccine Doses Administered: 9,053,904,880
Cases: 617,054,666
Deaths: 6,543,940
Source: Johns Hopkins