MA Town-By-Town Coronavirus: More Than 4 Million Fully Vaccinated

MASSACHUSETTS — Fewer than 10 percent of Massachusetts cities and towns remain less 50 percent partially vaccinated, according to the latest Department of Public Health town-by-town vaccination report.

The state reached more than 4 million fully vaccinated over the last week and the weekly average case count fell to just 68.

The state reported continued declines across all coronavirus metrics Thursday, with the weekly-average positive test rate falling to 0.40 percent from 0.49 percent last week. The Department of Public Health reported 82 coronavirus cases, three deaths and 22,918 vaccine doses administered Thursday.

Vaccines

The latest vaccine report shows the number of residents who are fully vaccinated has risen to 4.04 million. Another 565,753 have received one dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine.

More than 55 percent of the state's population has been fully vaccinated, but some communities lagged far behind, according to state data. Thirty-one communities reported fewer than half their residents are even partially vaccinated, whereas more than 95 percent of residents in six cities and towns.

For dozens of communities, up to 30 vaccinations may be missing from the data, as the state does not report totals for demographic subgroups with fewer than 30 vaccinated. No vaccination data is available for two communities with particularly low populations: Gosnold and Monroe.

Of the 9.46 million doses the state has received, 88.6 percent have been administered.

How to use this map: Zoom in on the map below and click on a pin to see that community's coronavirus vaccination rates. You can also view the town-by-town coronavirus vaccination data in the spreadsheet we used to create this map.

Colors reflect the percentage of the population fully vaccinated, from under 50 percent, red, to more than 70 percent, green. The state did not report total vaccination numbers for grey communities. Some communities are grouped together for the purpose of vaccination data.

The map does not include 1,036 of the state's cases because state health officials could not determine which communities the patients lived in.

Other Key Coronavirus Metrics

The weekly average death rate was just 2.9 deaths per day, the lowest on record. The average case rate and hospitalization rate also fell and there 2,121 estimated active cases, according to the daily dashboard.

There were just 68 average daily new cases.

The seven-day average number of hospitalized patients was 135, down from 182 a week prior. There were 34 patients in intensive care.

The positive test rate over the last two weeks fell in 155 — or 44.2 percent — of the 351 communities in the state. The rate rose in 42 — or 12.0 percent — of the communities and held steady in the remaining 154.

There were 1.6 average daily cases per 100,000 residents of the state over that period, down from 2.4 last week.

To date, there have been 663,048 cases and 17,593 deaths statewide since the pandemic began.

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The state reported 35,976 new tests Thursday, bringing the total to 23.28 million.

The data includes coronavirus cases for all Massachusetts communities, except for those with populations under 50,000 and fewer than five cases. The department said the stipulation was designed to protect the privacy of patients in those towns and cities.

The state releases town-by-town testing data every Thursday, including the number of people tested, the testing rate, the positive test rate, cases and infection rates.

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