5,130 new COVID-19 cases, 41 additional deaths reported in Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported 41 additional COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths statewide to 10,963.Thursday’s report also added 5,130 new cases to the state’s total, which is now 264,454 since the start of the pandemic.Massachusetts has reported at least 5,000 new cases on four of the last seven days. An estimated 63,362 cases are active across the state, according to Thursday’s report.Click here to see a graphical look at COVID-19 dataLatest town-by-town breakdown released by state As of Thursday, 1,607 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Massachusetts, of which 307 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.Gov. Charlie Baker and state health officials on Wednesday outlined the state’s plan for distributing COVID-19 vaccines, the first of which is expected to be approved within days. 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 41 additional COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths statewide to 10,963.

Thursday’s report also added 5,130 new cases to the state’s total, which is now 264,454 since the start of the pandemic.

Massachusetts has reported at least 5,000 new cases on four of the last seven days.

An estimated 63,362 cases are active across the state, according to Thursday’s report.

As of Thursday, 1,607 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Massachusetts, of which 307 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.

Gov. Charlie Baker and state health officials on Wednesday outlined the state’s plan for distributing COVID-19 vaccines, the first of which is expected to be approved within days.

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.