Covid-19: Here's How Many Have Now Been Vaccinated In Massachusetts
Massachusetts reached a new milestone in its quest to administer COVID-19 vaccines to millions of eligible adults before the summer.
The commonwealth crossed three million vaccinations on Tuesday, May 11, as the total who are fully vaccinated hit 3,005,473 since the pandemic began, up from 2,962,937 the previous day and less than 2.7 million a week prior.
By comparison, it took the state until Friday, March 19 to hit the one million vaccine benchmark, and less than a month to hit two million on Saturday, April 17.
A total of 6,849,573 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Massa…
Covid-19: Vaccine Rollout Called A 'Success,' A 'Flop,' And 'Racist' - Which Is It?
It’s been called “racist” and a “flop,” but according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Massachusetts’ COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan is one of the best in the nation.
According to the CDC’s Vaccine Data Tracker, Massachusetts is among 16 states with the highest vaccination rates.
Other states in the top 16 are Vermont, South and North Dakota, Arizona, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
States with the highest vaccination rates have administered more than 20,000 vaccine doses per 100,000 people, according to the CDC as of Wednesday, March 3.
Meanwhile, conservative…
Covid-19: Where Are The Hot Spots? Infection Rates Down In Most Central/Western MA Big Cities
COVID-19 rates went down in 7 out of 10 of Massachusetts’ largest cities west of I-495.
The COVID-19 infection rates per 100,000 people went down in Worcester, Springfield, Chicopee, Leominster, Fitchburg, Amherst, and Shrewsbury, according to town-level data released by Massachusetts’ Department of Public Health on Thursday, Jan. 21.
All of these communities, except for Amherst, are in the “red” - meaning they are at the highest risk for the spread of the virus.
Amherst is in the yellow category.
Massachusetts's color-coded risk system has four levels. They are, from most to least risk, …
