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Reports indicate medical personnel have a better handle to combat this disease

Massachusetts has reached a new milestone in regard to the life(as we know it)-changing coronavirus, surpassing 1 million COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday.

As the Omicron COVID variant begins spreading across the country there have been 3 additional cases reported in Boston according to the Boston Public Health Commission.  All three were described as “young adults” that experienced mild symptoms and have not required hospitalization according to the BPHC report.  None of the th...

This latest report increases the Commonwealth's number of confirmed cases to 808,601 since the beginning of the pandemic and the number of deaths to 18,719.

There were no new deaths reported in the county Monday, leaving the total pandemic loss at 303.

The CDC is reporting that 16 states have one to two cases currently.

It looks like more people are starting to get vaccinated. About 200,000 additional people have gotten at least one shot since the first week in July. Officials are reporting the Delta Virus variant is easier to get.

For towns that have a population below 10,000, the state considers any community with more than 25 total cases in the past two-week period to be at high risk for transmission.

The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts will send students home and shift to remote learning after a surge in COVID-19 cases among resident students.

Daily new cases per 100k population Daily new cases, also known as incidence, is the number of new COVID cases emerging each day in a location. This is measured by the number of positive test results, and it does not include individuals who are infected but asymptomatic or never get tested.