Massachusetts reports highest-ever number of new COVID-19 cases after technological issue

53 additional COVID-19-related deaths also reported

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 3,224 confirmed COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 207,284. This marks the highest number of new confirmed cases that state health officials have reported since the coronavirus hit Massachusetts.Wednesday’s report was issued more than an hour and a half later than normal. The DPH says the delay was caused by a technological issue that resulted in an interruption of the data download.State health officials also acknowledged that Wednesday’s data reflects case counts from up to a 30-hour period due to the technological issue.The DPH also reported an additional 53 deaths, bringing the statewide total to 10,372.An estimated 41,439 cases are active across the state, according to Wednesday’s report.As of Wednesday, 942 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Massachusetts, of which 208 were reported to be in an intensive care unit.Click here to see a graphical look at COVID-19 dataLatest town-by-town breakdown released by stateIn its weekly report, issued Thursday, the DPH listed 62 communities as being in the “Red,” or at high risk of COVID-19, up from 30 communities last week.The DPH also reported that 145,682 total patients have been released from isolation, meaning they are considered to have recovered from the coronavirus.PHNjcmlwdCBpZD0iaW5mb2dyYW1fMF85MTUyMTg3My03NmRhLTQ0ZmUtOTA0Ny1mMTllZWFlZGFjNmQiIHRpdGxlPSJDb3JvbmF2aXJ1cyBpbiBNYXNzYWNodXNldHRzIiBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vZS5pbmZvZ3JhbS5jb20vanMvZGlzdC9lbWJlZC5qcz9yeXoiIHR5cGU9InRleHQvamF2YXNjcmlwdCI+PC9zY3JpcHQ+New data is published daily around 5 p.m. and weekly reports are released on Thursdays, also around 5 p.m.

BOSTON —

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 3,224 confirmed COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 207,284.

This marks the highest number of new confirmed cases that state health officials have reported since the coronavirus hit Massachusetts.

Wednesday’s report was issued more than an hour and a half later than normal. The DPH says the delay was caused by a technological issue that resulted in an interruption of the data download.

State health officials also acknowledged that Wednesday’s data reflects case counts from up to a 30-hour period due to the technological issue.

The DPH also reported an additional 53 deaths, bringing the statewide total to 10,372.

An estimated 41,439 cases are active across the state, according to Wednesday’s report.

As of Wednesday, 942 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Massachusetts, of which 208 were reported to be in an intensive care unit.

In its weekly report, issued Thursday, the DPH listed 62 communities as being in the “Red,” or at high risk of COVID-19, up from 30 communities last week.

The DPH also reported that 145,682 total patients have been released from isolation, meaning they are considered to have recovered from the coronavirus.

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