BOSTON (WHDH) – The Department of Public Health reported 1,216 newly confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday.
A total of 148,336 cases have been reported so far in Massachusetts and 17 new deaths elevating the confirmed virus-related death toll to 9,657 statewide.
Five hundred and fifty people are currently hospitalized. One hundred and five are currently receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit.
Symptoms of coronavirus include fever, cough, and shortness of breath, according to the CDC. Reported worldwide illnesses have ranged from mild symptoms to severe illness and death.
The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person, typically between people who are in close contact with one another and via respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
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