Massachusetts on the brink of hitting vaccination goal of 4.1 million fully vaxxed people
Massachusetts is less than 12,000 coronavirus vaccine shots away from hitting its goal of 4.1 million fully vaccinated people.
That goal could be reached in the next day, as the state Department of Public Health on Sunday reported a total of 4,088,474 fully vaxxed people in the Bay State.
Virus cases, hospitalizations and deaths have all been plummeting during the vaccine rollout, and those COVID metrics continued to stay at record lows on Sunday.
After state health officials reported five more COVID deaths and 41 new cases, the seven-day average of confirmed deaths is three and the average of confirmed cases is 62. Both are record low averages for virus deaths and infections.
The seven-day average of percent positivity for virus testing has dropped to 0.34%, which is also a record low.
The seven-day average number of COVID patients in the hospital — 119 patients — is also at a record low. The 108 patients currently hospitalized is up one patient from Saturday, when the state reached a new low for the pandemic. There are 34 patients in intensive care units, and 19 patients are intubated.
More than 8.4 million total vaccine doses have been administered, according to the daily vaccine report on Sunday.
Overall, the more than 8.4 million total doses administered breaks down to: more than 4.3 million people who have received one dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine; more than 3.8 million people who have received both doses of Pfizer or Moderna; and 269,992 people who have received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Those figures represent a daily increase of 23,667 doses.
After the tally of 41 new virus cases, the state’s count of estimated active COVID cases has now plunged to 1,898 cases, a significant decline from 36,775 cases in April.
The state’s total recorded death toll is 17,971.
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