1,880 new COVID-19 cases, 29 additional deaths reported in Mass. – WCVB Boston

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 1,880 confirmed COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the statewide total to 577,902 since the start of the pandemic.This marks the third straight day the DPH has reported more than 1,800 new confirmed cases in their daily COVID-19 data report.State health officials also added 29 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths to the state’s total, which is now 16,498.As of Saturday, a total of 3,229,420 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been shipped to the state, of which 2,863,460 — or 88.7% — have been administered. So far, 1,045,167 people are fully vaccinated in Massachusetts.An estimated 26,433 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 588 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Massachusetts, of which 152 were reported to be in an intensive care unit.In the DPH’s weekly report released on Thursday, 20 communities were in the “Red,” or at high risk of COVID-19, up from 14 communities the week before.State health officials say there have been 530,482 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.