BROCKTON After nearly five months in the high-risk COVID-19 red, Brockton has dropped back to the yellow, at moderate risk for the coronavirus, as of Thursday evening.
But that changed Thursday evening when the latest weekly report was released.
Brockton averaged 24.8 new COVID-19 cases per day per 100,000 residents from Feb. 14 to 27, which is the period used to calculate the data in Thursday s report. That remains well above the 10 cases per day per 100,000 people that would put a community with over 100,000 residents into the red, but the risk assessment also takes test positivity rate into account.
Over the last two weeks, 3.78 percent of Brockton residents who were tested for COVID-19 were found to be positive.
I couldn t wait to get it, said 60-year-old Kevin Cincotta, a Brockton resident.
Staying home and watching TV all day has been boring, he said, and he looks forward to being able to go to sports games again, including seeing the Boston Red Sox play.
The clinic is a collaboration between the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center and the city. Staff from the center registered patients and helped them with paperwork while 10 members of the Massachusetts National Guard gave the shots.
The center received 3,000 doses from the state for the week and its goal is to work up to administering between 750 and 850 a day for eligible health center patients and Brockton residents.
Community health centers gear up for broader role in coronavirus vaccination
They say they are best positioned to reach those most likely to get sick and least likely to get vaccinated.
By Felice J. Freyer Globe Staff,Updated February 21, 2021, 6:41 p.m.
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Ro Pham, 67, got her vaccine from nurse Stefanie Sampson, while Phamâs husband, Vang Dam, 74, watched at the Central Boston Elder Services in Roxbury. The vaccine was provided by the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
Community health centers are gearing up for an expanded role in the stateâs vaccination effort, widening the pathway into the neighborhoods hardest hit by COVID-19.