Five deaths, 297 new COVID-19 cases on Cape and Islands

There were 7,952 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, increasing the total number of cases to 1,838,163 since the pandemic began, th...

August 27, 2022
7:30 PM

There were 7,952 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, increasing the total number of cases to 1,838,163 since the pandemic began, the state Department of Public Health reported on Thursday.     In their weekly report, state officials also noted 844 new probable cases of coronavirus for a statewide total of 167,087.     As of Aug. 25, 182 patients were primarily hospitalized with COVID-19-related illnesses and 587 total patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the state agency reported.

Asad Jung