Massachusetts active COVID-19 hospitalizations drop to 853 as cases in Bristol County communities continue to decrease

Massachusetts saw a decrease in active cases, average positive test rate, deaths, and hospitalizations in Thursday’s COVID-19 report.

Massachusetts saw 1,928 more positive cases announced today. An increase from Wednesday’s report. The 7 day weighted average positive test rate decreased to 1.85%, the lowest it has been since October 25th.

Massachusetts had seen 1,788 more positive cases announced yesterday.

The Massachusetts Department of Health statistics show a rise in total confirmed cases to 545,624 with 33 more reported dead (33 confirmed, 0 probable) for a total of 15,978 (15,657 confirmed, 321 probable).

The overall amount of tests administered in Massachusetts is now 15,894,675 after 118,144 new molecular tests.

The 7 day average of confirmed COVID-19 deaths is currently 34.6.

Estimated active cases saw a decrease to 30,369.

Hospitalizations have increased in 92 of the last 160 days and 67 of the last 119 and saw another decrease of 22 to lower the total to 853. COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decrease as of late as there were 2,428 in the Bay State on January 4th. November 16th was the last time that COVID-19 hospitalizations were this low.

Nursing home cases and cluster information issued on February 25th.

Weekly COVID-19 Public Health Report

According to the February 25th report, Fall River has a 27.0 Average Daily COVID-19 Rate per 100,000 population (Last 14 days) (44.8 last week). New Bedford saw a decrease to 31.6 (was 50.3). Westport also saw a decrease to 26.4 (was 42.2), Swansea is at 27.3 and was 39.9 last week. Somerset also saw a decrease as they sit at 22.8 (was 27.4). Freetown decreased to 35.5 from 45.0. Dartmouth is currently at 27.7 after seeing 42.4 last week. Acushnet has the highest rate in Bristol County at 41.7 (was 50.6).

Massachusetts residents subject to COVID-19 quarantine by current status up to February 25th
• Total of individuals subject to quarantine: 255,800
• Total of individuals who have completed monitoring (no longer in quarantine): 245,783
• Total of individuals currently undergoing monitoring/under quarantine: 10,117

Massachusetts Officials have now also issued a “vaccine doses administered and shipped” report updated on February 25th.
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As of February 24th, according to the CDC, the United States has seen 28,065,327 cases of COVID-19 with 501,181 reported deaths.

(Graphics courtesy of CDC)