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(Massachusetts) The state’s confirmed COVID-19 caseload since the beginning of the pandemic surpassed 500,000 Monday even as other statistics appeared to show a continued easing of the disease following a post-holiday spike. The state crossed the half-million case mark exactly a year after officials reported the first case of the coronavirus in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the second phase of Massachusetts’ vaccine rollout was disrupted by a winter storm that is caused schedule changes and at least one vaccination location shutdown.