New Hampshire is making gains on the COVID-19 vaccination front, with close to one in five Granite Staters having received their first shots.More than 265,000 people have received at least one shot, and about 120,000 are fully vaccinated.Each week, the number of people who have received their first shot jumps by about 3% and by 1% for people who are fully vaccinated. Those might seem like small numbers, but state health officials said they are moving quickly to get as many shots into arms as possible. According to current state data, 19.6% of New Hampshire’s population has received a first COVID-19 shot. A week ago, it was 16.1%, and the week before that, it was 13.1%.About 9% of the state’s population is fully vaccinated. Last week, 7.3% were fully vaccinated.Dr. Greg Baxter, president of Elliot Health System, said his team is providing support to the state-run vaccination site at Southern New Hampshire University. He said more vaccines will slow virus transmission. “The types of patient activity we’re seeing looks much like it did in October pre-Halloween, so we’re kind of back to where we were, and we’re hopeful that the trajectory continues to go down,” he said.Dr. Beth Daly, chief of the Bureau of Infectious Disease Control, said the state’s goal is to vaccinate as many people as possible. The more people who are vaccinated, the less likely there will be another surge triggered by coronavirus variants.”Many of the vaccines do protect against the variants that we’re seeing or at least do protect against them in part,” Daly said. “There is some decreased efficacy, but there is still some protection.”State officials said another 31,000 doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccine doses are expected this week. Another round of single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines are expected in two weeks.
MANCHESTER, N.H. —
New Hampshire is making gains on the COVID-19 vaccination front, with close to one in five Granite Staters having received their first shots.
More than 265,000 people have received at least one shot, and about 120,000 are fully vaccinated.
Each week, the number of people who have received their first shot jumps by about 3% and by 1% for people who are fully vaccinated. Those might seem like small numbers, but state health officials said they are moving quickly to get as many shots into arms as possible.
According to current state data, 19.6% of New Hampshire’s population has received a first COVID-19 shot. A week ago, it was 16.1%, and the week before that, it was 13.1%.
About 9% of the state’s population is fully vaccinated. Last week, 7.3% were fully vaccinated.
Dr. Greg Baxter, president of Elliot Health System, said his team is providing support to the state-run vaccination site at Southern New Hampshire University. He said more vaccines will slow virus transmission.
“The types of patient activity we’re seeing looks much like it did in October pre-Halloween, so we’re kind of back to where we were, and we’re hopeful that the trajectory continues to go down,” he said.
Dr. Beth Daly, chief of the Bureau of Infectious Disease Control, said the state’s goal is to vaccinate as many people as possible. The more people who are vaccinated, the less likely there will be another surge triggered by coronavirus variants.
“Many of the vaccines do protect against the variants that we’re seeing or at least do protect against them in part,” Daly said. “There is some decreased efficacy, but there is still some protection.”
State officials said another 31,000 doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccine doses are expected this week. Another round of single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines are expected in two weeks.