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Facing a surge of post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 cases, Massachusetts officials today announced new guidance for residents when it comes to celebrating the December holidays.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker Tuesday urged people to celebrate the holidays only with household members and to postpone any planned travel over the upcoming weeks that include Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Any type of celebration beyond that has real potential, as we saw with Thanksgiving, to spread the virus and hurt the ones we love the most, said Baker.
In the two weeks following Thanksgiving Massachusetts has seen a dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases.
The average number of new daily cases has gone from about 2,500 in the 10 days prior to Thanksgiving to an average of roughly 4,800 cases in the 13 days following the holiday. Hospitalizations for COVID-19 over the past three weeks have gone up by 93 percent and deaths