State unveils online vaccine tracker
Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. AP PHOTO/PAUL SANCYA
Published: 12/29/2020 1:23:41 PM
NORTHAMPTON After almost a year of publishing statistics on COVID-19 infection and deaths, the state has begun releasing a new, more hopeful report statistics regarding those who have been vaccinated against the virus.
Last Thursday, the state Department of Public Health released its first COVID-19 Vaccination Report, which will be published on a weekly basis. The report details how much vaccine the state has administered, basic information about who has been vaccinated, and how the doses are divided by county.
As of Dec. 24, the state has administered 35,524 first doses of the vaccine, according to the report. The two available vaccines by pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna require two doses, administered three and four weeks apart, respectively, to achieve maximum immunity. With vaccine rollout just beginning in recent wee