Massachusetts enters the new year with more than 2,000 hospitalized Covid-19 patients; we haven't seen today's death number since May, 2020

Massachusetts reported 2,109 radical successful infirmary beds with Covid-19. Yesterday, the fig was 2,372 - a 12.5% summation successful conscionable 3 days.

The past clip we'd seen that galore hospitalized Covid-19 patients was a twelvemonth ago, during the erstwhile wintertime surge.

As of yesterday, 441 patients were successful ICUs - 262 of them intubated.

That compares to the highest ICU time during the past wintertime surge, Jan. 12, erstwhile determination were 461 radical with Covid-19 successful ICUs. The highest time for intubation during that surge was Jan. 19, with 299.

The authorities reported 94 confirmed Covid-19 deaths today. Massachusetts has not seen that galore deaths since May, 2020.