Middlesex County COVID-19 vaccine tracker: 78% of people fully vaccinated

Diane Pantaleo, USA TODAY NETWORK
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Seventy-eight percent of Middlesex County residents are fully vaccinated as of Tuesday, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC considers someone fully vaccinated two weeks after they've been given a single-dose shot (Johnson & Johnson) or the second of a two-dose shot (either Pfizer or Moderna).

Massachusetts reported 1,571,650 total cases of COVID-19, an increase of 6% from the week before.

Nurse A.J. Delva draws a dose of COVID-19 vaccine during a sidewalk clinic set up by Eugene, Oregon, businessperson Betty Snowden on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard)
Nurse A.J. Delva draws a dose of COVID-19 vaccine during a sidewalk clinic set up by Eugene, Oregon, businessperson Betty Snowden on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard)

Among Massachusetts counties, Middlesex has the highest percentage of its population fully vaccinated as of Tuesday. Others in the top five are Norfolk (78%), Essex (72%), Suffolk (71%) and Plymouth (69%).

Here are the latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Middlesex County as of Tuesday:

How many people in Middlesex County have received a COVID-19 vaccine?

  • Ninety-five percent of Middlesex County residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine, for a total of 1,507,756 people

  • Seventy-eight percent of Middlesex County residents are fully vaccinated, for a total of 1,245,350 people

For a county-by-county look at the vaccination rollout, see our COVID-19 vaccine tracker, which is updated daily.

How many people in Massachusetts have been vaccinated so far?

  • Ninety-five percent of Massachusetts residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine, for a total of 6,503,104 people

  • Seventy-seven percent of Massachusetts residents are fully vaccinated, for a total of 5,246,573 people

COVID-19 vaccinations for kids and boosters

The percentages in this story reflect the total share of the population that has received vaccines. That now includes people as young as 5 years old, for whom vaccines have been authorized.

This article originally appeared on MetroWest Daily News: CDC reports 78 percent of Middlesex County MA is fully vaccinated