Martha’s Vineyard Hospital will not receive an expected shipment of 2,100 vaccines for next week due to a supply chain issue, hospital officials said during an impromptu news briefing Saturday morning. The hospital has been in constant communication with the state and has been told to expect a supply of vaccine this week. How many […]
Massachusetts health officials reported 1,516 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 41 more deaths on Saturday shortly after announcing more than half a million.
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Feb 25, 2021
Tri-Town paramedics extract the Moderna Covid vaccine from vials at a Jan. 14 covid vaccine clinic at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center. Photo Courtesy: Town of Marion
The Tri-Town, alongside the Old Rochester Regional School District, have proposed a clinic at the which would provide the covid vaccine to over 1,000 teachers.
The proposal, announced in a Feb. 25 press release, would provide the first dose of the vaccine to 1,192 educators over the course of two days at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center in Marion.
The plan, spearheaded by Marion and backed by State Rep. Bill Straus, was put together in anticipation of further progress through Phase 2 of the state’s vaccination plan.
Taunton still red but downward trend continues
WCVB and Taunton Gazette Staff
BOSTON The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 1,928 confirmed COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the statewide total to 545,624 since the start of the pandemic.
State health officials also added 33 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths to the state s total, which is now 15,657.
According to Mass. DPH s weekly public health report, there have been 250 cases over the last 14 daysin Taunton, with 5,117 total since the pandemic began. The city s daily incidence rate is 31.0 per 100,000, meaning Taunton remains at Red, or at high risk of COVID-19. The city s positivity rate is 4.84%.
According to DPH, as of Thursday, no Taunton residents have died of COVID-19 this week.