Month: May 2021

Anchorage’s citywide mask mandate will end May 21 and instead become advisory, according to Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson’s office. The change follows the release of updated guidelines from the federal Centers for Disease Control Prevention that say fully vaccinated Americans can safely stop wearing face coverings in most settings both indoors and out, as well as increasing vaccinations among residents and decreasing infection counts, officials said Friday in prepared statement. City officials said having the change take effect on Friday, May 21, is meant to protect the school district’s largely unvaccinated student population through the end of the academic year. “Our decisions about Emergency Orders have always taken into account national guid...

337 new COVID-19 cases, 18 additional deaths reported in Massachusetts Updated: 5:55 PM EDT May 14, 2021 The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 337 confirmed COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the statewide total to 655,687 since the start of the pandemic.State health officials also added 18 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths to the state's total, which is now 17,384.DPH said it was informed of a reporting lag from a large laboratory which resulted in a lower number of tests and cases being reported Friday. Those results will be included in Saturday's dashboard.So far, about 8.33 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been shipp...