27% Of Foxborough Residents Got At Least One Vaccine Dose

FOXBOROUGH, MA — About 27 percent of the town's roughly 18,000 residents have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, according to new state data released Thursday.

The state's vaccine rollout prioritizing the most vulnerable residents is bearing fruit in Foxborough, where those 65 or older have received the most vaccinations despite making up just 16 percent of the town's population. Eighty-seven percent of those 75+ have received at least one dose, while 67 percent of them are fully vaccinated.

Sixty-five percent of those 65-74 have received at least one dose while 17 percent are fully vaccinated.

Overall, 4,983 of 18,209 residents in Foxborough have received at least one dose and at least 2,608 are fully vaccinated.

You can download the data here by clicking on the Weekly COVID-19 Municipality Vaccination Data.

The Department of Public Health also released town-by-town coronavirus metrics, which showed continued improvement in Foxborough.

The positive test rate held steady at 2.6 percent, while the average daily incidence rate per 100,000 dropped to 20.

There were 51 confirmed cases in the past two weeks, bringing the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 1,147.