Massachusetts has now reported a steady decline in the number of communities with the highest risk for coronavirus transmission for four weeks in a row.
At the same time, the Department of Public Health on Thursday unveiled its weekly vaccine panel, revealing nearly one million doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the Bay State so far, as the rate of vaccinations has risen by 200,000 doses this week.
The state reported that 229,906 of the total 950,515 vaccine doses were distributed in the past week. By comparison, just over 149,000 doses were administered last week.
Mass. Has now received 1 413 025 doses of the vaccine, which is higher than the 896 300 doses were counted in last week’s report.
Part of the increase may be due to the government’s inclusion of 342,500 doses given to Mass the Federal Pharmacy Partnership Program and retail pharmacies according to state data.
See this Thursday’s full weekly report vaccinations here.
Thursday-for-city coronavirus risk data categorizes communities’ COVID-19 risk level on a scale from red, the highest, to gray, the lowest – this week civil servants reported 110 cities and towns in the red zone compared to the 153 listed last Thursday.
The new score drops by 43 communities, and this is the fourth consecutive week that the statistics have dropped, which may indicate that the The second rise of the Commonwealth gradually subsided.
See this Thursday’s full village-by-village-coronavirus data here.
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