1,694 new COVID-19 cases, 10 additional deaths reported in Mass.

1,694 new COVID-19 cases, 10 additional deaths reported in Mass.
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1,694 new COVID-19 cases, 10 additional deaths reported in Massachusetts

Updated: 5:01 PM EDT Apr 17, 2021

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 1,694 confirmed COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the statewide total to 630,206 since the start of the pandemic. State health officials also added 10 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths to the state’s total, which is now 17,110.So far, about 5.82 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been shipped to Massachusetts, of which 86.1% have been administered.On Saturday, the DPH announced that more than 2 million people in the state are fully vaccinated. The grand total of doses administered in the state, meanwhile, has now surpassed 5 million.An estimated 34,682 cases are active across Massachusetts, according to the report.Click here to see a graphical look at COVID-19 dataLatest town-by-town breakdown released by stateThe report said 693 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Massachusetts, of which 169 were reported to be in an intensive care unit.In the DPH’s weekly report released on Thursday, 59 communities were in the “Red,” or at high risk of COVID-19, down from 77 communities the week before.The state says there have been 571,798 recoveries, according to the latest weekly report.Massachusetts COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and fatalitiesMassachusetts vaccination progressNew data is typically published daily around 5 p.m. and weekly reports are typically released on Thursdays, also around 5 p.m.

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 1,694 confirmed COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the statewide total to 630,206 since the start of the pandemic. State health officials also added 10 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths to the state’s total, which is now 17,110.
So far, about 5.82 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been shipped to Massachusetts, of which 86.1% have been administered.On Saturday, the DPH announced that more than 2 million people in the state are fully vaccinated. The grand total of doses administered in the state, meanwhile, has now surpassed 5 million.An estimated 34,682 cases are active across Massachusetts, according to the report.The report said 693 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Massachusetts, of which 169 were reported to be in an intensive care unit.In the DPH’s weekly report released on Thursday, 59 communities were in the “Red,” or at high risk of COVID-19, down from 77 communities the week before.The state says there have been 571,798 recoveries, according to the latest weekly report.Massachusetts COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and fatalitiesMassachusetts vaccination progressNew data is typically published daily around 5 p.m. and weekly reports are typically released on Thursdays, also around 5 p.m.

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