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Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. Use a tissue or your inner elbow, not your hands.
The town added seven cases over the weekend and has 33 cases not connected to the Merrimack College outbreak.
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With five confirmed cases at the school, North Andover High School will spend at least two weeks fully remote.
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The college reopened for in-person classes Oct. 7, following a coronavirus outbreak at its Monican Hall dorm.
More details and registration will be available later this week.
The town is considered a high-risk community, according to weekly state data released Wednesday.
North Andover cannot move forward with reopening until it goes three weeks without being labeled high-risk.
With its high-risk designation, North Andover remains barred from moving into the next phase of reopening.
With its high-risk designation, North Andover is barred from moving into the next phase of reopening.
The town is asking residents to avoid running irrigation systems from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Merrimack College remains the vast majority of the active cases, but non-college cases nearly doubled from Monday's update.
'Based on contact tracing, there is NO evidence of community spread to the Town of North Andover due to the positive cases.'
The town will not be permitted to move forward with Part 2 of Phase 3 of the state's reopening plan.
The town reported nearly 100 active cases, Monday, but all but seven are at Merrimack College.
The college plans to return to in-person classes after a week of remote learning.
Most of the town's active coronavirus cases are related to the college outbreak, although there are more than 10 unrelated cases.
Vaccine for ages 19 and older including High Dose for 65 and older.
Vaccines are available for everyone 19 and older at upcoming Senior Center flu shot clinics.
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Be assured the Town’s treated drinking water is safe and is being monitored continuously to ensure it is safe for human consumption.
The town has now had 400 total coronavirus cases, it reported Thursday.
The town's drinking water is treated and safe, the town said.
The town added six new cases over the last week.
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The town has more than 10 active cases for the first time since July.
Information about EEE and reports of current and historical EEE virus activity in Massachusetts can be found on the MDPH website.
One-quarter of Massachusetts communities reported higher coronavirus rates, while 40 percent reported falling rates.
The town's caseload has remained in single digits for the last month.
The town's confirmed case count dropped to its lowest level since the outbreak began, Wednesday.
The AG's office has received over 1,000 complaints, but only one about a North Andover business, since it began collecting them in May.
Everyone who might have been exposed was contacted by the Board of Health, the town said.
The town's case count rose to 12 on Sunday before dropping back down.
The town reported five new cases Wednesday, the largest daily increase in over a month.
Latino residents in Essex County were more than three times more likely to contract coronavirus than whites, new data show.
The town published a chart of cases over time, Monday, showing the drop-off in cases since the beginning of June.