3,572 COVID-19 cases, 37 additional deaths reported in Massachusetts

First vaccine doses arrived Monday

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported 3,572 additional COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total to 283,146.Monday’s report also added 37 new deaths to the state’s total, which is now 11,135 since the start of the pandemic. An estimated 72,883 cases are active across the state, according to the report.Click here to see a graphical look at COVID-19 dataLatest town-by-town breakdown released by state As of Monday, 1,788 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Massachusetts, of which 354 were reported to be in an intensive care unit.A weekly report from the DPH released Thursday, revealed that 158 communities are in the “Red,” or at high risk of COVID-19, up from 97 communities last week.The first doses of a newly approved COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to Massachusetts Monday. At least one facility, the Bedford VA, began administering doses within hours. Last week, Gov. Charlie Baker and state health officials outlined the state’s plan for distributing COVID-19 vaccines. Clinical and non-clinical health care workers doing direct and COVID-facing care will receive the first doses in the state as part of Phase 1 of the COVID-19 Vaccine Timeline, which was approved by federal officials. Doses are expected to be dolled out to other groups through April, when officials expect to have enough to make it available to the general public. PHNjcmlwdCBpZD0iaW5mb2dyYW1fMF85MTUyMTg3My03NmRhLTQ0ZmUtOTA0Ny1mMTllZWFlZGFjNmQiIHRpdGxlPSJDb3JvbmF2aXJ1cyBpbiBNYXNzYWNodXNldHRzIiBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vZS5pbmZvZ3JhbS5jb20vanMvZGlzdC9lbWJlZC5qcz9yeXoiIHR5cGU9InRleHQvamF2YXNjcmlwdCI+PC9zY3JpcHQ+New data is 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 3,572 additional COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total to 283,146.

Monday’s report also added 37 new deaths to the state’s total, which is now 11,135 since the start of the pandemic.

An estimated 72,883 cases are active across the state, according to the report.

As of Monday, 1,788 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Massachusetts, of which 354 were reported to be in an intensive care unit.

A weekly report from the DPH released Thursday, revealed that 158 communities are in the “Red,” or at high risk of COVID-19, up from 97 communities last week.

The first doses of a newly approved COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to Massachusetts Monday. At least one facility, the Bedford VA, began administering doses within hours.

Last week, Gov. Charlie Baker and state health officials outlined the state’s plan for distributing COVID-19 vaccines.

Clinical and non-clinical health care workers doing direct and COVID-facing care will receive the first doses in the state as part of Phase 1 of the COVID-19 Vaccine Timeline, which was approved by federal officials. Doses are expected to be dolled out to other groups through April, when officials expect to have enough to make it available to the general public.

New data is published daily around 5 p.m. and weekly reports are typically released on Thursdays, also around 5 p.m.