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BOSTON (AP) – After an initial surge in vaccinations against COVID-19, the number of people receiving the shots in Massachusetts has been declining for nine days. The state’s day for peak inoculations came April 22, three days after all adults became eligible for the shots on April 19. Vaccine providers say they’re pivoting to a new phase where outreach will become the top priority, with more mobile sites popping up in hard-to-reach communities. Some operators have opened walk-in clinics where no appointments are required. Aaron Michelucci, senior director of pharmacy services at Baystate Health in Springfield, who oversees Holyoke and Greenfield sites, says “now it’s a ground game.”