Massachusetts reports 494 new COVID-19 cases, 5 additional deaths – WCVB Boston

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 494 confirmed COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the statewide total to 656,838 since the start of the pandemic.State health officials also added five confirmed COVID-19-related deaths to the state’s total, which is now 17,394.So far, about 8.37 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been shipped to Massachusetts, of which about 7.14 million, or 85.3%, have been administered. So far, about 3.2 million people in the state are fully vaccinated.An estimated 14,146 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 337 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Massachusetts, of which 94 were reported to be in an intensive care unit.In the DPH’s weekly report released on Thursday, six communities were in the “Red,” or at high risk of COVID-19, down from 13 communities last week.The state says there have been 624,708 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.