More than 2 million in Mass. fully vaccinated against COVID-19

BOSTON —

More than 2 million Massachusetts residents are fully-vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

In its daily vaccine data report, the DPH said Saturday that 2,001,751 people in the Bay State have received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The data is gathered from the Massachusetts Immunization Information System at midnight the night before.

Gov. Charlie Baker made the announcement via Twitter a little less than three hours before the DPH released its vaccination data.

“On Monday, everyone 16 or older will be eligible, and we look forward to continuing our progress vaccinating our residents,” Baker tweeted.

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According to the DPH, there are 3,007,861 people in Massachusetts who have received at least their first dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine. The grand total of doses administered in the state is 5,009,612.

As of Saturday, a total of 5,821,640 vaccine doses have been shipped to Massachusetts. This means that 86.1% of those doses have been administered in the state.

Of the doses shipped to the Bay State, 4,036,745 have been shipped to state providers, while the remaining 1,784,895 have been shipped directly to pharmacies by the federal government.

In the DPH’s weekly report released on Thursday, 59 communities were in the “Red,” or at high risk of COVID-19, down from 77 communities the week before.

The state says there have been 571,798 recoveries, according to the latest weekly report.