As of Tuesday, 78,643 Massachusetts residents — mostly health care workers on the front lines — had received their coronavirus vaccines and the state had received 285,050 of the 300,000 shots anticipated before the year’s end, according to state health data.
At last count,78,643 Massachusetts residents — mostly health care workers on the front lines — had received their coronavirus vaccines and the state had received 285,050 of the 300,000 shots anticipated before the year’s end, according to state health data dated Tuesday. Last week,32,590 people got their shots — down from the 46,052 vaccinated the first week, according to the state’s weekly coronavirus vaccine dashboard released Thursday. Health officials said the lower numbers are due to the Christmas holiday. Of those vaccinated since Dec.
