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The coronavirus pandemic claimed another 28 lives in Massachusetts, health officials said Friday, reporting 213 new infections, including confirmed and probable cases. Of those deaths, all are in people with confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. And 152 of the newly reported cases are confirmed, with the remaining 61 listed as probable. The state’s total death…

Mayor Walsh talks about health and quality of life in Boston as the city gears up for coronavirus phase 3 reopening.

Another 25 people with the new coronavirus have died in Massachusetts and 295 new infections have been detected, including confirmed and probable cases in both metrics, health officials said Thursday. Of those deaths, all are in people with confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. And 177 of the newly reported cases are confirmed, with the remaining…

Thirty more people with the coronavirus have died in Massachusetts and 264 new infections have been detected, including confirmed and probable cases in both metrics, health officials said Wednesday. Of those deaths, all are in people with confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. And 162 of the newly reported cases are confirmed, with the remaining 102…

Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker announces new testing sites in communities who have seen high rates of coronavirus cases in recent weeks.

Another 15 people with the new coronavirus have died and 201 new confirmed and probable cases were reported, health officials said Tuesday. Closely watched metrics like how coronavirus tests are coming back positive and the average number of patients with COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, in the hospital remain roughly 90% lower than where they stood at the…

The MBTA is responding to a study that finds the transportation agency second-last out of five transit systems across the country for coronavirus safety.

Gyms, fitness studios, movie theaters, museums and casinos will have to wait until July 13 to open in Boston.

Massachusetts reported 51 more coronavirus deaths and 195 new cases on Thursday. The numbers are far lower than what the state was experiencing at the height of the coronavirus surge and were released by the Department of Public Health hours after Gov. Charlie Baker announced the state would be moving to Phase 3 of its reopening plan on Monday. This…

Phase 3, which begins next week, allows for the reopening, with restrictions, of facilities such as casinos, fitness centers, gyms and museums.

Gov. Charlie Baker tours the YMCA of Greater Boston and provides update on food insecurity initiatives.

After Massachusetts had its first day without reporting any coronavirus, public health officials announced Wednesday that 28 people with the virus have died and 261 more cases were detected. The death toll in Massachusetts rose to 8,081 and the number of COVID-19 cases to 109,143, according to the Department of Public Health Tuesday’s announcement of 0 new COVID-19 deaths was…

Gov. Charlie Baker announced that travelers from the rest of New England, New York and New Jersey will no longer have to quarantine when they travel to Massachusetts.

No coronavirus deaths were reported to Massachusetts health officials in 24 hours, the state’s public health agency said Tuesday. It’s the first time that’s happened in months. At the same time, the state’s official coronavirus death toll dropped by just over 40 people as part of a data clean-up of duplicate reports, the officials said. The state Department of...

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Another 35 people with COVID-19 have died in Massachusetts and 101 new cases were detected, state health officials said Monday. To date, more than 10 million confirmed cases have been reported globally, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University researchers, with about a quarter of those having been reported in the U.S. Massachusetts has long been one of the…

Another 19 people with COVID-19 have died in Massachusetts and 224 new cases were detected, state health officials said as another tragic milestone was passed Sunday in the coronavirus pandemic: 500,000 deaths worldwide. To date, more than 10 million confirmed cases have been reported globally, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University researchers, with about a quarter of those…

Another 28 people with the coronavirus have died in Massachusetts and 373 new cases were detected, health officials said Saturday, when the nation reached 2.5 million cases of the virus. Massachusetts has long been one of the major coronavirus hot spots in the U.S., and on Friday its death toll reached 8,000, third most in the country behind New York…

Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker says that two large goals of his economic relief package is to promote equity in the wake of protests and economic growth in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Massachusetts reported 50 more coronavirus deaths on Friday, bringing the total for the pandemic to 8,013, health officials said. Another 233 people were diagnosed with the virus, raising that total to 108,070, according to the Department of Public Health’s daily COVID-19 report. Friday’s report was released after Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh both issued warnings against relaxing…