Provincetown implements indoor mask mandate after COVID-19 cluster grows to 551 cases • 6 min read Health officials sound alarm on surging COVID-19 cases Every region across the country is now seeing an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations.Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images Officials in Provincetown, Massachusetts, voted unanimously during an emergency town meeting Sunday night to reimplement the town’s indoor mask mandate, amidst rapidly rising COVID-19 infections and community spread Since data was last updated last week, the cluster has grown to a cumulative total of at least 551 confirmed cases following a busy July Fourth weekend. Of these cases, 394 individuals are Massachusetts residents, 171 of whom reside in Provincetown, while the remaining individuals who tested positive reside in other states or jurisdictions.