More than 2.5 million in Massachusetts now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 – WCVB Boston

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 1,179 confirmed COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the statewide total to 645,867 since the start of the pandemic.State health officials also added 16 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths to the state’s total, which is now 17,259.So far, about 7.17 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been shipped to Massachusetts, of which 85.0% have been administered. So far, about 2.53 million people in the state are fully vaccinated. An estimated 25,474 cases are active across Massachusetts, according to the report.Click here to see a graphical look at COVID-19 dataLatest town-by-town breakdown released by stateThe report said 559 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Massachusetts, of which 152 were reported to be in an intensive care unit. In the DPH’s weekly report released on Thursday, 26 communities were in the “Red,” or at high risk of COVID-19, down from 48 communities last week.The state says there have been 598,880 recoveries, according to the latest weekly report.Massachusetts COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and fatalitiesMassachusetts vaccination progressNew data is typically published daily around 5 p.m. and weekly reports are typically released on Thursdays, also around 5 p.m.