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As the pandemic rages on, community leaders see struggle and hope in the year ahead
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Though 2020 has come to a close, the virus that defined it is surging into the new year undefeated and unabated.
In Massachusetts, as the year wound down, the death toll stood at 12,157, one of the highest per capita death tolls in the nation. The state on Thursday reported 359,445 cases for 2020, following a resurgence of the virus in the fall that pushed daily case counts into the thousands and strained hospitals anew.
The coming of the new year carries at least one sign of progress: Vaccines have arrived. As of Thursday, Massachusetts has administered 78,643 potentially life-saving doses.
Read the full story.
Related:
- Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts
- These 190 Massachusetts communities are at high risk for COVID-19
- Charts: How many vaccine doses has Massachusetts received, and who has been vaccinated?
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