71 MA Residents Die Of Coronavirus After Vaccination: Patch PM

MASSACHUSETTS — It's Tuesday, July 13. Here's what you should know this afternoon:

• Three of Framingham's "most wanted" fugitives have been arrested in other states.
• Polar Park, home of the Worcester Red Sox, is getting several new features.
• The Charles River is above flood stage in the MetroWest area, and may stay that way for a while.

Scroll down for more on those and other stories Patch has been covering in Massachusetts today.

Today's Top Story

More than 70 Massachusetts residents who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus have died from COVID-19, according to public records obtained by the Boston Herald from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

In addition to the 71 people who have died from so-called "breakthrough cases," there have been 268 hospitalizations of fully-vaccinated people, the newspaper said. As of June 19, 3,907 Massachusetts residents tested positive for COVID-19 after getting the vaccination.

While alarming on the surface, the data actually show that vaccinations are working. The 3,907 vaccinated people who tested positive for the coronavirus after being fully vaccinated represent just 1.3 percent of the 297,753 confirmed cases since the state's first residents were vaccinated in January. Of the 5,057 reported COVID-19 deaths during the same time period, just 1.4 percent were attributed to breakthrough cases of the coronavirus.

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Tuesday's Other Top Stories

Framingham's 'most wanted': The people arrested have been accused of crimes including child rape and armed robbery, according to Framingham police.

Flooding after heavy rain: A portion of the Charles between Wellesley and Medfield was above flood stage Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

One driver, two crashes, 19 charges: A 27-year-old Wilmington man faces nearly 20 drug-, gun- and driving-related charges following multiple June 28 crashes in Woburn.

Ex-T cops accused of OT theft: After an investigation by the MBTA Transit Police department, three former members of the TPD are facing charges of receiving more than $14,000 in overtime and regular pay that they did not earn.

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Restored Diner, Duck Boat Coming To Polar Park

The Worcester Red Sox will open a new grassy seating area this week, and have announced a slate of other features coming later in 2021.

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Not very nice: Sacha Baron Cohen, the filmmaker, comedian and social satirist behind Borat, Ali G. and other characters, filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court in Boston Monday accusing a Massachusetts marijuana dispensary of using his Borat character in advertising without permission. Solar Therapeutics in Somerset had used an image of Borat giving the thumbs up and, as a caption, a take on his "Very nice!" catchphrase. Cohen is seeking $9 million in damages and a court order requiring Solar Therapeutics to take the offending billboard down.