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For the eighth straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Health officials also released data showing which communities had the highest rate of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through June 3. Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts…

Mass Gov. Baker will announce more details on phase two reopening on Saturday.

For the seventh straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Health officials also released data showing which communities had the highest rate of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through May 27. Below is a list of the 10 Massachusetts…

Gov. Charlie Baker’s provides a COVID-19 update as he tours Symmons Industries in Braintree.

Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker describes plans to improve MBTA and reminds residents to wear a face covering while using public trasit.

Anna Garcia says she’d rather be late for her job as a housekeeper at Massachusetts General Hospital than risk getting on a crowded bus. “I don’t like it when it’s too many people,” she said Wednesday morning, describing her bus commute. Chelsea, where she lives, has suffered one of the highest rates of COVID-19 infections in Massachusetts. It’s also...

Social distancing is hard to do on a bus full of people.

For the sixth straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Health officials also released data showing which communities had the highest rate of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through May 13. Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts…

Our Movement to Give drive, benefiting the MA COVID 19 Relief Fund, is helping in places like Chelsea, where the Chelsea Collaborative is giving out food.

For the fifth straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Health officials also released data showing which communities had the highest rate of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through May 13. Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts…

Governor Charlie Baker stressed that he will wait until Monday to release specifics.

A Massachusetts mother was reunited with her newborn daughter Tuesday for the first time since she gave birth to her six weeks ago. Isabel Gonzalez of Chelsea has been battling COVID-19, which she contracted while she was pregnant. After an emergency C-section, the 34-year-old woman was intubated. She had been on a ventilator since April 2. “It’s like, one day,…

A mother who had coronavirus got to hold her daughter for the first time since giving birth six weeks ago.

For the fourth straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Health officials also released data showing which communities had the highest rate of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through May 6. Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts…

People must now cover their noses and mouths when out in public in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, after congratulating a new class of state troopers, said the state could begin reopening on May 18 if the number of coronavirus patients continues to decrease.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Saturday visited what she called one of the hardest-hit communities, handing out flyers in 10 languages and speaking about the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on minority communities.  Healey helped distribute baby supplies and other essentials in Chelsea, Massachusetts, where she explained the bevy of complaints that her office has received throughout the crisis, including...

Attorney General Maura Healey helped distribute baby supplies and other essentials in Chelsea, Massachusetts, where she explained the bevy of complaints that her office has received throughout the crisis, including issues with landlords and workers’ safety concerns.

The Massachusetts community hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic is Chelsea, so we talked to its chief of police to learn how they’re adjusting.

For the third straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. They also released data showing which communities had the highest rate of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through April 29. Updated numbers will now be released by 4 p.m….