Massachusetts sees 1,677 more COVID-19 cases in daily report, significant drop in hospitalizations in last two months

Massachusetts saw a decrease in active cases and hospitalizations in Friday’s COVID-19 report.

Massachusetts saw 1,677 more positive cases announced today. An increase from Thursday’s report. The 7 day weighted average positive test rate increased to 1.82%. Sunday’s 1.73% was the lowest it had been since October 23rd.

Massachusetts had seen 1,410 more positive cases announced yesterday.

The Massachusetts Department of Health statistics show a rise in total confirmed cases to 556,307 with 26 more reported dead (25 confirmed, 1 probable) for a total of 16,322 (15,992 confirmed, 330 probable).

The overall amount of tests administered in Massachusetts is now 16,628,614 after 106,263 new molecular tests.

The 7 day average of confirmed COVID-19 deaths is currently 37.3.

Estimated active cases saw a decrease to 27,382.

Hospitalizations have increased in 93 of the last 166 days and 68 of the last 125, but saw a decrease of 25, to lower the total to 716. COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decrease as of late as there were 2,428 in the Bay State on January 4th. November 13th was the last time that COVID-19 hospitalizations were this low.

Nursing home cases and cluster information issued on March 4th.

Weekly COVID-19 Public Health Report

According to the March 4th report, Fall River has a 22,7 Average Daily COVID-19 Rate per 100,000 population (Last 14 days) (27.0 last week). New Bedford saw a decrease to 23.6 (was 31.6). Westport also saw a decrease to 18.3 (was 26.4), Swansea is at 20.2 and was 27.3 last week. Somerset also saw a decrease as they sit at 21.2 (was 22.8). Freetown decreased to 32.4 from 35.5. Dartmouth is currently at 23.9 after seeing 27.7 last week. Acushnet saw 31.4 (was 41.7).

19 Massachusetts communities are still in the red (high risk). Blackstone, Chicopee, Clinton, Fall River, Freetown, Hadley, Haverhill, Lawrence, Ludlow, Lynn, Methuen, New Bedford, Peabody, Plainville, Springfield, Sterling, Sutton, West Bridgewater, and Weymouth.

Massachusetts residents subject to COVID-19 quarantine by current status up to March 4th
• Total of individuals subject to quarantine: 261,329
• Total of individuals who have completed monitoring (no longer in quarantine): 251,282
• Total of individuals currently undergoing monitoring/under quarantine: 10,047

Massachusetts Officials have now also issued a “vaccine doses administered and shipped” report updated on March 4th.
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As of March 5th, according to the CDC, the United States has seen 28,646,679 cases of COVID-19 with 519,064 reported deaths.

(Graphics courtesy of CDC)