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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) – Massachusetts is one of only three states to have two-thirds of its population fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) most recent data had updated vaccination numbers, placing the Commonwealth alongside Vermont and Connecticut as the only states to have two-thirds of their population vaccinated.
Coincidently, all three states had the lowest number of Covid cases per capita over the past week.
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On September 10, Massachusetts reported 1,726 new confirmed cases of the virus out of more than 87,000 tests. The seven-day average positivity rate was 2.52%.
The state’s most recent Daily Covid-19 Vaccine Report also calculated that over 4.5 million residents in the Bay State were vaccinated by September 10.
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