Five entities in Worcester including UMass Medical School and the Family Health Center of Worcester have received a share of nearly $9 million in state funding announced Thursday to help people access coronavirus vaccines in hard-hit communities.
Those two recipients were joined by Worcester counterparts AIDS Project Worcester, Centro and Seven Hills Behavioral Health among roughly two dozen such groups statewide that are being relied upon to help increase awareness and access to vaccines in 20 of the hardest-hit Massachusetts communities, including Fitchburg, Framingham, Leominster and Worcester.
Each organization will use its share of the funding to provide guidance about vaccine eligibility, assistance in registering online and translation services, among others. In some cases, the organizations will directly administer vaccinations to groups not available through other outreach efforts.
Active COVID cases in Massachusetts have now decreased to pre-Thanksgiving levels as state reports 481 new cases, 18 deaths MassLive.com 5/3/2021 Tanner Stening, masslive.com
Active COVID cases in Massachusetts stand at 23,676 as of Monday amid a continued decline in infections statewide, according to the latest data from the Department of Public Health.
The declining number of known active cases now puts Massachusetts at an active case level it hasn’t been at since early November, prior to the holiday surge and a mini-surge in April.
State health officials confirmed another 481 new COVID-19 cases on Monday. That’s based on 25,827 new molecular tests, according to the Department of Public Health.
Massachusetts Reports 481 New COVID Cases, 18 Additional Deaths
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BOSTON (CBS) The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported 481 new confirmed COVID cases and 18 additional deaths in the state on Monday.
Health officials said the total number of confirmed cases in the state is now 648,249. The total number of confirmed deaths is now 17,288.
There were 25,827 total new tests reported.
As of Monday, the seven-day weighted average of positive tests in Massachusetts is 1.49%.
There are 522 people currently hospitalized for a coronavirus-related illness Monday. There are 133 patients currently in intensive care.
There are an estimated 23,676 active cases in Massachusetts.
Updated: 7:23 PM EDT May 1, 2021 The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 1,115 confirmed COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the statewide total to 646,982 since the start of the pandemic.State health officials also added seven confirmed COVID-19-related deaths to the state s total, which is now 17,266. So far, about 7.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been shipped to Massachusetts, of which 84.7% have been administered. So far, about 2.58 million people in the state are fully vaccinated. An estimated 24,631 cases are active across Massachusetts, according to the report. This marks the first time the DPH s estimate of active COVID-19 cases has been below 25,000 since Nov. 10, 2020. State health officials first started reporting that statistic on Nov. 2, 2020.Click here to see a graphical look at COVID-19 dataLatest town-by-town breakdown released by stateThe report said 541 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Mas
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Massachusetts health officials reported 786 more confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and another four deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, as the numbers of state hospitalizations and cases of COVID-19 continue to decline.
There have now been 647,768 confirmed cases and a total of 17,270 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Another 351 deaths are considered probably linked to COVID-19. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
The seven-day average of positive tests was also down on Sunday to 1.49% from Saturday s 1.56%. It s the first time the figure has dropped below 1.50% since Oct. 20, 2020, the state s dashboard indicates.