COVID-19 pandemic in Boston
pandemic in Boston, Massachusetts
The COVID-19 pandemic in Boston was part of an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Massachusetts city of Boston. The first confirmed case was reported on February 1, 2020, and the number of cases began to increase rapidly by March 8. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency on March 10. Mayor Marty Walsh declared a public health emergency on March 15. By March 21, more than a hundred people in Boston had tested positive for COVID-19. Most early cases were traceable to a company meeting held in late February by the biotechnology firm Biogen in Boston.
In May, Boston was first in Massachusetts for overall number of cases and eighteenth for cases per capita citywide. New cases per day peaked on April 24, 2020, at 659, and began to decline after. As of October 14, 2020, Boston has the highest number of cases in Massachusetts and the 38th-highest number of cases per capita.
As of March 8, 2021, there were 59,953 cumulative cases and 1,286 deaths due to COVID-19 in Boston.
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