Number of active COVID-19 cases in Mass. falls for seventh consecutive day – WCVB Boston

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 1,820 confirmed COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the statewide total to 529,255 since the start of the pandemic.Massachusetts also recorded another 60 COVID-19 related deaths Saturday, bringing the total to 15,176 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.As of Sunday, the state has received 1,517,300 doses of vaccine, of which 1,118,374, or 73.3%, has been administered.An estimated 45,916 cases are active across Massachusetts, according to the report. That number has decreased for nine of the last 10 days, including every day of the past week. Click here to see a graphical look at COVID-19 dataLatest town-by-town breakdown released by state The report said 1,125 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Massachusetts, of which 290 reported to be in an intensive care unit. In the state’s weekly report released on Thursday, 110 communities were in the “Red,” or at high risk of COVID-19, down from 153 communities the week before.New data is typically published daily around 5 p.m. and weekly reports are typically released on Thursdays, also around 5 p.m.