Nearly Half Of Stoughton Has At Least 1 Coronavirus Vaccine Dose

STOUGHTON, MA — Nearly half of Stoughton's residents have received at least one coronavirus vaccination shot.

Twenty-seven percent of the town's residents have been fully vaccinated and 45 percent have been at least partially vaccinated as of Thursday's numbers from the Department of Public Health. That means 12,355 residents have received either one Moderna or Pfizer dose or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson dose (the latter of which is currently under a pause.)

More than 77 percent of everyone over the age of 64 here has received at least one shot.

Stoughton's coronavirus stats stayed relatively steady. The average daily incidence over the past two weeks went from 30,7 to 30.2, the two-week positivity rate went from 4.06 to 4.02 and the total two-week case count went from 119 to 117.

There have been 2,799 confirmed coronavirus cases in Stoughton since the start of the pandemic.