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2,160 confirmed cases, 32 deaths, and 95,852 vaccinations: See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass.

Phlebotomist Joan Owens tested Brian Greer at a drive-thru clinic at the Human Services Building in Sandwich this week.Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

Massachusetts reported 2,160 new confirmed coronavirus cases Friday, while the seven-day average ticked down slightly to 2,028 from 2,048 the day before.

With concern rising about the possibility of another surge, the Department of Public Health also reported that the high-stakes campaign to vaccinate people got another 95,852 shots into people’s arms.

The new confirmed coronavirus cases brought the total number in the state during the pandemic to 602,792.

The department also reported 32 new confirmed coronavirus deaths, bringing the state’s total to 16,908.

The state remains in a struggle with the coronavirus more than a year after it arrived. Experts say fast-spreading coronavirus variants, pandemic fatigue and spring fever, and loosened restrictions could be behind a recent rise in cases. Officials are urging people to not let their guard down, while they try to vaccinate 4.1 million adults as quickly as possible.

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The DPH said 33,424 people were estimated to have active cases of the potentially deadly virus, and 705 confirmed coronavirus patients were in the hospital.

The DPH also reported that 93,214 more tests had been conducted for coronavirus. The total number of tests administered climbed to more than 19 million. New antigen tests were completed for 3,913 people, bringing that total to 658,325.

The DPH also reported that the seven-day average rate of positive tests, which is calculated from the total number of tests administered, was at 2.55 percent.

The department said the rate would be 4.2 percent if the effect of college testing programs — in which asymptomatic people can be tested repeatedly in an effort to rapidly identify new cases — is factored out.

The vaccination total reported Friday was the highest single-day total yet, and brought the total shots administered in the state to 3,734,442.

The number of new vaccinations was greater than on Thursday, when 83,879 were reported.

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The total number of shots administered amounted to about 85.8 percent of the 4,351,410 doses shipped to providers in the state so far, the Department of Public Health said.

The total shots administered included 2,325,040 first shots and 1,315,619 second shots of the Pfizer and Moderna two-shot vaccines. It also included 93,783 shots of the Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine.

The number of people fully vaccinated — with either two shots of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson — rose to 1,409,402.

Peter Bailey-Wells of the Globe staff contributed to this report.


Martin Finucane can be reached at martin.finucane@globe.com.