covid-19 in massachusetts

Massachusetts health officials reported 31 new coronavirus cases and one new death on Sunday. The day’s numbers pushed the state’s confirmed COVID-19 cases to 663,625 since the start of the pandemic and its death toll to 17,626. The state’s COVID-19 data, tracked on the Department of Public Health’s interactive coronavirus dashboard, fell and that its state of emergency declaration...

Students in some Massachusetts school districts, including those in Boston and Somerville, returned to in-person learning on Monday. Families were given the choice to send their students to school or continue with remote learning, as several districts are opening in-person learning up for five days a week. These images show students headed to school Monday in Boston.

A year into the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are painfully aware that overcoming the scourge is a marathon, not a sprint. Enter Dave McGillivray, who knows a thing or two about endurance events — and logistics. The race director of the Boston Marathon, which is on hold until fall, has been tapped by the state of Massachusetts to run mass vaccination…

The representative received a positive test after he had received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, but he appears asymptomatic.

Boston College is hitting the pause button for both its men’s and women’s basketball programs, as both are in COVID-19 protocols due to recent positive cases. BC women’s basketball has postponed its last three games, while the men’s team missed their its last two, including a home game against Pittsburgh that was scheduled for Saturday afternoon. “Out of an...

Massachusetts is now allowing everyone in Phase 1 to receive their COVID-19 vaccine. For hospitals, that means they can now give shots to everyone on staff. At UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Dr. Andrew Karson, the chief medical officer, believes the vaccine is resulting in a reduction of cases among employees. Dr. Karson said the rates of new COVID-19…

More than 450,000 Massachusetts residents have now been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the pandemic began, the state Department of Public Health said Monday. With 3,224 new confirmed cases of the virus announced Monday, there have now been 451,535 confirmed cases overall. The department also reported 52 more deaths on Monday, bringing the confirmed death toll to 13,424. Another 281 deaths…

After flying from the United Kingdom to another U.S. state, with a two-hour layover at Logan Airport, a Boston resident tested positive for the new UK COVID-19 variant.

Massachusetts state health officials reported 4,283 new confirmed COVID-19 cases Sunday, along with 67 more deaths. Meanwhile, the percentage of tests for the virus coming back positive, on average, has fallen below 6% for the first time since Dec. 6. There have now been totals of 13,372 confirmed deaths and 448,311 cases, according to figures from the Massachusetts Department of…

Dr. Shira Doron, an epidemiologist from Tufts Medical Center, shared her perspective on the trajectory of the recent COVID-19 surge and how hospitals are dealing with the rise in cases.

Business leaders in Massachusetts expressed a measure of relief on Tuesday that the Baker administration’s new COVID-19 restrictions fell short of a widespread shutdown, while still expressing concern for struggling businesses, especially those required to close. For most businesses, the rollback means they can still operate, but under slightly stricter conditions. Retailers, gyms, museums and corporate offices are limited...

COVID-19 has made this a holiday season like no other, but it hasn’t stopped the tradition of tree-shopping.

A field hospital used in the spring to help relieve hospitals from surges of COVID-19 patients is reopening.

Everett’s mayor says he realizes the new policy sounds extreme, but he says it’s necessary.