1,428 new COVID-19 cases, 52 additional deaths reported in Mass. – WCVB Boston

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 1,428 confirmed COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the statewide total to 550,302 since the start of the pandemic.State health officials also added 52 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths to the state’s total, which is now 15,796. As of Sunday, a total of 2,049,130 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been shipped to the state, of which 1,736,477 — or 84.7% — have been administered. So far, 531,258 people have received both doses in Massachusetts. An estimated 30,062 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 state The report said 760 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Massachusetts, of which 183 were reported to be in an intensive care unit. This marks the first time since Nov. 21, 2020, that the number of COVID-19 patients in Massachusetts ICUs was below 200.In the DPH’s weekly report released on Thursday, 28 communities were in the “Red,” or at high risk of COVID-19, down from 66 communities the week before. The state says there have been 494,740 recoveries, according to the latest weekly report.New data is typically published daily around 5 p.m. and weekly reports are typically released on Thursdays, also around 5 p.m.