COVID-19 Massachusetts

Gov. Charlie Baker announces new restrictions on Mass. residents to prevent another coronavirus surge, including reducing capacity for most industries to 25% and reducing indoor gatherings to a maximum of 10 people.

Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker announces that effective Friday, hospitals can curtail some elective procedures that would be safely postponed to free up staffing and beds for coronavirus patients. He also announced new free COVID-19 testing locations in the state.

Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker announces a new COVID-19 field hospital opening in Lowell, after touring another field hospital at the DCU Center in Worcester.

If your child develops symptoms of the coronavirus in school, they could get an Abbott rapid test with parental permission starting in early December.

Coronavirus cases have spiked in Massachusetts schools, with 652 more cases reported this week among students and staff members. The Department of Elementary and Secondary released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 398 students learning in-person or in a hybrid plan tested positive from Nov. 12 to 18, as did 254 school district staffers. The…

An indoor party of about 20 underage youths, who were allegedly not following social distancing and face covering protocols as they gathered in a small inside space, was reported to and broken up by police in Cohasset late Friday night. Several occupants of the gathering — at which officers say they found open containers — ran away from police into…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has been talking publicly about COVID-19 since March, often searching for new ways to express his message. On Friday morning, while speaking at an online executive forum, Baker said someone asked him to explain the transmission situation in a way that’s really easy to understand. The governor said yes, and then asked listeners if they’ve...

A study conducted by researchers found that people are more likely to do risky COVID-19 behaviors in October than in the spring.

Last week, 121 communities in Massachusetts were considered at the highest-risk of COVID-19 spread, according to data from Gov. Charlie Baker’s office. On Friday, 105 communities were removed from that list as part of new reporting guidelines. The move comes as the state’s COVID risk map has been changed for the third time in as many weeks. The new data…

Massachusetts changed which communities it considered at high risk of coronavirus transmission, which dropped the number from 121 to 16 on Friday. Officials said the change allows more schools to hold in-person classes.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and his top education advisors urged schools Tuesday not to overreact to the rise in COVID-19 cases this fall, telling even those districts in communities deemed to be at the highest risk for transmission of the virus to stick with in-person learning unless there is evidence of spread within the school system. Education Secretary Jim Peyser…

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Charlestown’s oldest resident has a great outlook on life. It’s hard not to when you’ve lived through one global pandemic already.

Massachusetts nursing homes have had the highest death rate in the nation.

10 communities in all received the message reminding people the coronavirus pandemic is not over.

After the number of active COVID-19 cases in Gloucester spiked to 44, four local restaurants have chosen to close temporarily in order to test their employees and sanitize, according to Gloucester Daily Times. City officials said that the uptick in cases was the result of a large gathering or social event, in addition to some isolated cases. The Board of…

In a COVID-19 update, Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker details the state’s journey through overcoming the coronavirus and talks plans for moving forward through the fall.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday identified four high risk Massachusetts cities and towns that will be the focus of his new COVID Enforcement and Intervention Team. Chelsea, Everett, Lynn and Revere are included in the high risk category, meaning they have over eight cases per 100,000 residents. Twenty-nine other communities, including Auburn, Belchertown, Boston, Brockton, Charlton, Chicopee, Fall River, Framingham,…

Massachusetts released a map showing coronavirus hot spots across the state.