More leaders call on Charlie Baker to reverse COVID-19 data change
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What happened to the Mass plan to save 20% of vaccines for hard-hit cities
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Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday that Massachusetts ranks third in the country for the percentage of Black residents who received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean the state is getting shots to people of color at a proportionate rate.
According to the state’s weekly vaccine date report, more than 22 percent of white residents in Massachusetts have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, while just less than 15 percent of the state’s Black residents and just 8 percent of Latino residents have gotten at least one shot. The raw numbers look even more striking: nearly 1.1 million white residents, compared to just 75,200 Black residents and 70,100 Latino residents, according to the state vaccination report released Thursday.