A few thousand fully vaccinated Bay Staters have still gotten COVID-19.
As of May 17, there had been 3,083 confirmed breakthrough cases of the virus in the state, according to MassLive. That means that 0.12 percent of fully vaccinated people had gotten the virus.
President Joe Biden set a goal when it comes to the coronavirus vaccine, and each of the six New England states have met it.
Biden's goal was that 70 percent of adults receive at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by July 4, 2021. As WCAX reported on Thursday morning, the following states have met the goal: Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
