COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts
The COVID-19 pandemic first started in Massachusetts in early February 2020. The first COVID-19 case was in Boston. That was February 1, 2020. From March 5, the number of COVID-19 cases began growing very rapidly.
As of Sunday, February 6, 2022, about 22,600 people in the state of Massachusetts had died from COVID-19 or its related health effects.[1] As of then, over 5.2 million people in the state were fully vaccinated. Just over half of them had the booster shots.[2]
During the United States' 2021–22 winter, COVID-19 went up in the state almost four times that of the winter before (2020–21). By February 2022, however, overall rates started to fall again.[3] The February 6 statistics showed just under 1,502,250 cases in Massachusetts.[4]
The Massachusetts laws and rules stated that anyone over age five could get two shots. Only those age eighteen and older, however, can apply for and receive the boosters.[5]
COVID-19 Pandemic In Massachusetts Media
Marriott Long Wharf hotel in Boston, the site of the Biogen company meeting to which most early COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts were traced.
Empty shelves in the Waltham, Massachusetts Costco on March 2, 2020, after a weekend of heavy buying.
Seats blocked off at Logan International Airport in August 2020 to promote physical distancing
Closed playground in Boston, pictured in April 2020
Interior of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC), pictured during a 2016 conference. The BCEC was converted to a field hospital named Boston Hope.
Rules of conduct for riding an elevator in a Cambridge, Massachusetts apartment building during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A medic with the Massachusetts National Guard and a resident of the Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley nursing home handle a nasal swab that will be used to test for COVID-19.
Floor sign in Somerville instructing people where to stand to maintain physical distance from others.
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Related pages
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic (other regions)
References
- ↑ 4,973 New COVID-19 Cases. However, COVID-19 Hospitalizations Again Go Down. https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/02/02/massachusetts-reports-4973-new-coronavirus-cases-covid-19-hospitalizations-go-down-again. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ↑ 4,973 New COVID-19 Cases; However, COVID-19 Hospitalizations Again Go Down. https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/02/02/massachusetts-reports-4973-new-coronavirus-cases-covid-19-hospitalizations-go-down-again. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ↑ Coronavirus in Massachusetts Report. The Berkshire Eagle. https://www.berkshireeagle.com/coronavirus. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ↑ COVID-19 Response in Massachusetts. Mass.Gov. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-response-reporting. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ↑ The Massachusetts COVID-19 Update Reports. Taunton, Massachusetts City Government. https://www.taunton-ma.gov/home/urgent-alerts/covid-19-important-information-continuously-updated. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
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