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The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

Key metrics the state is monitoring for reopening

11 coronavirus vaccines to keep an eye on

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The Mass. Department of Public Health releases new town-by-town data for coronavirus cases weekly. Here's the latest.

A look at what can reopen in each phase of Massachusetts’ opening plan

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The Boston Globe is providing coverage of the coronavirus outbreak to keep you informed on COVID-19, track the latest developments on its spread, and educate you on how you can remain safe during this period and throughout reopening phases.

TRACKERS

Here’s what each Mass. school district has decided for school reopening this fall

A college-by-college look at what some schools in Mass. are planning for the fall

A running list of Boston-area restaurants to close amid COVID-19

A list of layoffs and furloughs in Mass. due to coronavirus

In-depth stories & special projects

Hospital journals

The race to save lives

The Globe has enlisted three medical workers on the front lines of the fight against coronavirus to tell their stories in their own words.

Op-Ed | Aaron Thomas
Why I don’t feel safe wearing a face mask
As a Black man, I cannot walk into a store with a bandana covering the greater part of my face if I also expect to walk out that store.

Watch the Op Talk: Thomas and Globe columnist Renee Graham discuss staying safe while navigating the COVID-19 pandemic

Special Project
Elegies for those lost to coronavirus
Coronavirus has brought sorrow to every corner of the state, while cruelly preventing the bereaved from mourning together. Here, we remember the victims of the coronavirus as unique individuals, to remember them more for how they lived than how they died.

An infamous epicenter
How the Biogen leadership conference in Boston spread the coronavirus
Amid ominous signs after a routine conference, a frightening realization slowly dawned: The virus was on the loose.

Video

Baker details plan to reopen Massachusetts
The highly anticipated road map, which Baker laid out Monday, outlines four phases of re-opening, each lasting for at least three weeks. (Photo: Nicolaus Czarnecki/Pool, Video: Handout)
This is what it’s like to get tested for COVID-19
Somerville offered all residents free testing, regardless of whether they’re showing symptoms of COVID-19. So I took them up on the offer. (Video by Steve Annear and Shelby Lum|Globe Staff)
An hour on the COVID ICU overnight shift
Bianca Dintino's overnight shift as the COVID ICU charge nurse is a steady stream of patient alarms and PPE quick changes at Tufts Medical Center May 4. (Video by Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff, Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

More coronavirus news

Massachusetts no longer has highest unemployment rate in nation

For the week ending Aug. 15, 898,000 people received state or federal jobless benefits in Massachusetts, a decline of less than 1 percent from 905,000 in the same week in July.

Coronavirus pulls down Trump in the polls and Susan Collins suffers with him

Maine Senator Susan Collins is trailing by 5 points as voters there delivered a damning verdict on President Trump’s stewardship: By a 25-point margin, they said they trusted Joe Biden over Trump on the issue of the pandemic.

The US Postal Service prepared in April to announce a plan to deliver 650 million masks to Americans; it never happened

Leaders at the US Postal Service in April prepared a news release announcing a plan to distribute 650 million masks across the country, enough to offer five to every American household, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

Key metrics the state is monitoring for reopening

These charts show trends that Massachusetts officials say are key to moving the state through a multi-phase reopening plan.

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Here's a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

Mass. reports 419 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 15 new deaths

The seven-day rate of positive tests stayed steady at 0.8 percent, which is the lowest observed figure for that metric.

When is everyone going to get a coronavirus vaccine? Depends on who you ask

Here’s a roundup of the flurry of messages from President Trump and other officials in recent days.

Will we ever wear real clothes again?

You know those people who are delighted to be back in their work clothes? Well, this story is not for them. It’s for the rest of us — the feral majority, for whom Casual Friday is now the dressiest day of the week.