coronavirus in massachusetts

Friday is the deadline for schools to submit their fall reopening plans, and at least 32 of them have already decided against having kids return to class at all. Auburn, Barnstable, Belmont, Bourne, Brockton, Brookline, Chelsea, Dedham, Everett, Framingham, Gardner, Lawrence, Leominster, Lynn, Marblehead, Manchester-Essex, Masconomet, Mendon-Upton, Methuen, Northbridge, Revere, Salem, Somerset, Somerville, Taunton, Topsfield, Wachusett, Watertown, Wayland, Webster, West…

Boston Public Schools plans to delay the start of classes until Sept. 21. Meanwhile, Worcester, Salem, Brookline and Lawrence public school students learned Thursday they will start remotely; Boston’s hasn’t announced a decision on whether students will start the year in class.

Members of the Boston Teachers Union will hold a rally at Thursday to call for a remote-only start to the upcoming school year, citing safety concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic. Teachers will hold the protest at City Hall at 2:30 p.m. after gathering in Roxbury for a car caravan and rally. The union wants the school year to begin with…

Mike Gyra excitedly showed us around the classroom he occupied for decades, describing how he brought astronomy lectures to life. If you didn’t know any better, you’d think the Massachusetts educator was ready to welcome students back in a few weeks, albeit in a much different environment. Instead of the typical class size of at least 20 students, the...

Mayor Marty Walsh said Wednesday that despite a recent uptick in coronavirus cases he remains hopeful that there will be at least some in-person learning in Boston schools this year. “We know there’s going to be remote learning this year,” he said. “We hope there will be in person learning this year. We’re planning and preparing to make sure...

Massachusetts officials have urged residents for months to continue to wear masks outside when unable to practice social distancing. But with the state seeing an uptick in cases, they’re taking their guidance a step further, urging people in hard-hit communities to wear masks at home if they are living with someone with underlying health conditions. “Residents of these higher...

Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday identified four high risk Massachusetts cities and towns that will be the focus of his new COVID Enforcement and Intervention Team. Chelsea, Everett, Lynn and Revere are included in the high risk category, meaning they have over eight cases per 100,000 residents. Twenty-nine other communities, including Auburn, Belchertown, Boston, Brockton, Charlton, Chicopee, Fall River, Framingham,…

Whether it’s remote-only, 100% classroom learning or a hybrid of the two, school districts across Massachusetts are releasing plans for the 2020-2021 school year. The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for parents, teachers and students to figure out what they’ll need to do for a September start to the school year. NBC10 Boston has built a map of...

Gov. Charlie Baker launched a new colored-coded system to label Massachusetts cities and towns based of the severity of their COVID-19 infection rates Tuesday, initiating a targeted approach to help contain the spread of coronavirus. Chelsea, Everett, Lynn and Revere are included in the high risk, or “red,” category, meaning they have over eight cases per 100,000 residents. Twenty-nine other…

Another 296 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus and 10 more people with the virus have died, Massachusetts health officials said Tuesday. There have now been 8,529 deaths and 112,969 cases reported in the state, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive, on average, is up slightly to 1.9%,…

Amid rising coronavirus cases in Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker identifies four communities as “high risk” that will be the focus of increased enforcement of the mask mandate and crowd control.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced Friday he was pausing the reopening of the state’s economy and implementing new COVID enforcement efforts in response to a recent uptick in coronavirus cases. He also announced several other steps, including reducing the limit on outdoor gatherings and tightening rules on restaurants. And all of that came just a week after the state’s...

When Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced last week that he was tightening restrictions on residents due to an uptick in coronavirus cases, he cited several recent large gatherings as contributing to his decision. “In the past few weeks we have seen an uptick in COVID-19 in some communities here in the Commonwealth,” Baker said. “There have been several reports of…

Another 214 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus and five more people with the virus have died, Massachusetts health officials said Monday. There have now been 8,519 deaths and 112,673 cases reported in the state, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive, on average, is down slightly to 1.8%,…

Starting on Monday, the City of Everett will require everyone over the age of two to wear a face mask or face-covering in all public places, including both indoor and outdoor spaces, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Masks have become a fixture of pandemic life in Massachusetts since Gov. Charlie Baker ordered everyone wear one in public if they...

Massachusetts health officials reported 12 more deaths from COVID-19 in the Commonwealth, while another 320 have tested for positive for the virus – the same number of new cases as Friday. The state has now logged 112,173 total cases reported, and 8,500 have died, according to the Mass. Department of Public Health. The percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive,…

An iconic venue in Saugus has provided entertainment for nearly 40 years. Now, a pandemic with no end in sight leaves the business in limbo. Roller World, an indoor roller skating center that also features bowling alleys and arcade games, has been closed for the past four months as Massachusetts proceeded through a statewide shutdown and ongoing, gradual reopening during…

With no end in sight to the pandemic, the Saugus staple has been closed for months.

The city is increasing a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of coronavirus.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced Friday that he is pausing the reopening of the state’s economy and creating a new COVID enforcement team in response to a recent uptick in coronavirus cases. The governor said the second step of Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan will be put on hold and the outdoor gathering limit will decrease from 100…