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BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts plans to have 165 vaccination sites available by mid-February and has moved older adults ahead in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday that people age 75 and older will now be in the first priority group in Phase Two of the distribution plan, which starts Feb. 1. Those who are 65 and older and individuals with two or more comorbidities will now be in the second priority group. Also Monday, the number of newly confirmed coronavirus deaths rose by 45 while the number of newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by nearly 3,500.