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Mass. reports 191 new COVID-19 cases among students, 157 among school staff at districts across the state

FILE - In this June 27, 2020, file photo, people are tested in their in vehicles in Phoenix's western neighborhood of Maryvale with free COVID-19 tests. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has ordered the state's hospitals, testing labs and other health care facilities to keep reporting detailed COVID-19 information. The move was made so state officials can gauge the spread of the outbreak and availability of hospital beds and resources. Ducey on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2020, extended the reporting requirement for 60 days. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Massachusetts coronavirus deaths surpass 10,000

**EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before Thursday 3:01 a.m. ET Nov. 12, 2020. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Health care workers at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Nov. 5, 2020. The pandemic is now spread so widely across the country that any number of cities and states might now be considered the worst off, depending on the measurement used. (Taylor Glascock/The New York Times)

Mass. reports 2,482 new COVID-19 cases, 21 new deaths

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These are the 16 Mass. communities with the highest risk for COVID-19

FILE -- Testing for the coronavirus, at a drive-thru site outside Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Liberty, Mo., on Aug. 17, 2020. Six months into the pandemic and with no coherent national testing strategy, the Trump administration is encouraging private development of an array of faster and cheaper techniques. (Christopher Smith/The New York Times)

Here’s the latest individual Mass. city and town coronavirus data

Charts: Tracking the number of coronavirus cases in every Massachusetts county

A medical worker wearing protective equipment uses a swab to do a PCR test for Covid-19 on a woman wearing a face mask in front of the city hall of Paris on August 31, 2020. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)

Who is dying from the coronavirus in Massachusetts?

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Maps: Here's where coronavirus cases are reported in Massachusetts

Lisa Porter sorts through a box of cookware. Volunteers at Welcome Home, Inc. receive and sort donations at Trinity Church in Newton Center, and then provide the household items to those in need.

How to find help and access resources if you're impacted by the coronavirus

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A downtown breakfast and lunch spot will close its doors next week November 12, 2020 | 3:03 PM

A woman receives a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y.

Report: There were 870K measles cases in 2019, the highest number in 23 years November 12, 2020 | 2:54 PM

A Covid-19 testing facility in Sioux Falls, S.D., the state with the highest hospitalization rate in the country.

What places are hardest hit by the coronavirus? November 12, 2020 | 2:23 PM

Waltham-10/23/20 A woman's hockey league played Friday morning at the Veteran's Memorial Skating Rink. The state will close all skating rinks for two week after COVID-19 spikes connected with hockey. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (metro)

Massachusetts and six other Northeast states suspend interstate hockey until at least 2021 November 12, 2020 | 12:56 PM

Boston, MA - 4/27/2020: Nurse Katie Canina cares for a patient in the Special Pathogens Unit ICU at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA on April 27, 2020. The hospital has converted the cardiovascular center into a Covid-19 intensive care unit. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: Metro reporter: Coronavirus Covid-19 STAT

‘I have never seen so many sick COVID-19 patients in a single shift’: R.I. doctor sounds alarm on rising hospitalizations November 12, 2020 | 10:35 AM

709,000 seek US jobless aid as pandemic escalates November 12, 2020 | 9:18 AM

COMMUNITY SPREAD

At dinner parties and game nights, casual American life is fueling the coronavirus surge November 12, 2020 | 9:10 AM

Georgia Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Jon Ossoff rallies supporters for a run-off against Republican candidate Sen. David Perdue, as they meet in Grant Park, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, in Atlanta.

SENATE MAJORITY

Dems, GOP take different approaches on Georgia Senate blitz November 12, 2020 | 8:56 AM

President-elect Joe Biden, and Jill Biden, greet guests after placing a wreath at the Philadelphia Korean War Memorial at Penn's Landing, on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020, in Philadelphia.

Biden chooses longtime adviser Ron Klain as chief of staff November 11, 2020 | 8:28 PM

BOSTON, MA - 8/21/2020:Open windows and a fan are used as the ventilation system at the Mather Elementary School in Dorchester. The letters A and B on desks are for students to alternate daily use during the and keep a social distance. Boston Public Schools (BPS) did a walkthrough of two school buildings the Mildred Avenue K-8 in Mattapan and the Mather Elementary School in Dorchester to showcase preparations that have been underway for months leading up to the new school year.

Live school updates

Fitchburg postpones hybrid learning again, this time until January November 11, 2020 | 8:00 PM

Faith Martin was featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Monday.

ESSENTIAL WORKERS

Boston teacher rewarded with year of free rent on Ellen November 11, 2020 | 6:54 PM

In this Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019 file photo, a couple heads toward an entrance to a cavern at Ice Castles in North Woodstock, N.H.

Those glowing ice castles in N.H. will return once again this winter November 11, 2020 | 6:13 PM

Medical works operate a testing tent at a COVID-19 mobile testing site, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Nearly 4,000 more people tested positive for the virus across the state Monday, another high since the early spring. Over the past seven days New York has reported an average 3,200 new cases per day, up nearly 50% from just a week earlier, with some of the increase being driven in the central and western parts of the state. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Mass. reports 2,495 new COVID-19 cases, 37 new deaths November 11, 2020 | 5:01 PM

COVID-19 & Mental Health

The pandemic has taken a toll on young adults' mental health. A new study reveals just how severe it is. November 11, 2020 | 4:48 PM

FILE - This Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019 file photo, shows the Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston. A six-member legislative conference committee led by Senate Ways and Means Chairman Michael Rodrigues and House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz is working to settle disagreements between the two chambers over a $42.7 billion spending plan for the 12-month period that started July 1. Meanwhile state government is operating on a stopgap budget. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Massachusetts House shoots down proposed tax hike on 'unearned income' to stop MBTA cuts November 11, 2020 | 1:01 PM

Michelle Jones, a designer at Basic Fun, a toy company in Boca Raton, Florida, that has begun bringing its workers back to the office.

Back to the office: Tough call for workers, and for the boss November 11, 2020 | 11:53 AM

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 22: A general view of equipment as participants take part in a Kobox workout at KOBOX Chelsea on October 22, 2020 in London, England. KOBOX offers 50-minute combination workouts which include strength, resistance, free weight, and bag training. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images for KOBOX)

High-risk venues

These venues are high-risk areas for spreading the coronavirus, model suggests November 11, 2020 | 10:58 AM

Melissa Rein Lively, seen here at her home in Scottsdale, Ariz., went viral after an incident at Target. (Dominic Valente for The Washington Post)

She fell into QAnon and went viral for destroying a Target mask display. Now she's rebuilding her life. November 11, 2020 | 10:35 AM

Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Watch: Dr. Fauci says vaccine could be widely available by April November 10, 2020 | 11:05 PM

In this Oct. 28, 2020, file photo, a worker wearing gloves, a face shield, a mask, and other PPE administers a COVID-19 test at a King County coronavirus testing site in Auburn, Wash., south of Seattle.

U.S. surpasses 1 million virus cases in November November 10, 2020 | 8:29 PM

President-elect Joe Biden, joined by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, speaks at The Queen theater, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, in Wilmington, Del.

Watch: Biden vows to 'get right to work' despite Trump resistance November 10, 2020 | 6:20 PM

Restaurants buckle under the weight of COVID-19 and workers struggle to survive November 10, 2020 | 5:38 PM

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2020, file photo, a tester prepares to administer a swab test at a drive-in COVID-19 testing site in Federal Heights, Colo. With Colorado experiencing its highest rate of coronavirus hospitalizations, Gov. Jared Polis extended a statewide mask mandate for another 30 days and said state employees will work remotely through the end of November into December. Polis said Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, that Colorado has had more than 1,000 coronavirus patient hospitalizations over the past three days. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Mass. reports 2,047 new COVID-19 cases, 21 new deaths November 10, 2020 | 5:01 PM

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Field hospitals

COVID-19 field hospitals may be returning to Mass., Charlie Baker says November 10, 2020 | 4:51 PM

Andover, MA 11/6/2020: Ten year old Teddy Chiesa, cq, during his zoom class. Story is about wide variety of instruction hours in the state. His mother, Claire Chiesa, in Andover said her kids even have wildly different experiences in the same school: her second-grade daughter, Eleanor, receives four to five live instruction sessions with teachers on her two remote learning days each week, while her fifth-grade son only receives two half-hour check-ins, with minimal instruction. The rest of the time, he is expected to work alone on assignments. He finishes within 90 minutes and then wants to play, Chiesa says.
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New database shows how the 40 largest Mass. school districts are dealing with the coronavirus November 10, 2020 | 3:11 PM

03coronamain - Gov. Charlie Baker speaks during a press conference at the Massachusetts State House in Boston on Nov. 2, 2020. Restaurant table service will have to stop at 9:30 p.m. each day, and facilities such as gyms, theaters, and casinos will have to close by the same time, according to a slate of Òtargeted measuresÓ Governor Charlie Baker said are intended to keep people home at night amid MassachusettsÕ quickly escalating count of coronavirus infections. (Sam Doran/Pool)

Watch: Charlie Baker's coronavirus update November 10, 2020 | 2:35 PM

A rally was held outside of Everett City Hall to show support for Everett City Councilor Gerly Adrien.

Supporters rally for Everett councilor pressured to resign after attending meetings remotely November 10, 2020 | 2:12 PM

Much at stake as Supreme Court weighs future of 'Obamacare' November 10, 2020 | 7:13 AM

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It's done: The NBA comes back on Dec. 22, a 72-game season November 10, 2020 | 12:34 AM

The first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore received an injection this past May.

What you need to know about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine November 9, 2020 | 8:58 PM