Massachusetts sees increase in COVID-19 death rate, decrease in hospitalizations

Massachusetts saw a decrease in hospitalizations in Wednesday’s COVID-19 report.

Massachusetts has seen 542 more positive cases announced today. An increase from Tuesday’s report. The 7 day weighted average positive test rate remains at 0.8%.

Massachusetts had seen 143 more positive cases announced yesterday.

The Massachusetts Department of Health statistics show a rise in total cases to 126,408 with 17 more reported dead for a total of 9,135.

20,662 tests were performed on new individuals, over 11,500 more than yesterday’s report, to increase the amount of individuals tested to 2,125,840. The overall amount of tests administered in Massachusetts is now 3,557,548.

The 3 Day Average of COVID-19 Deaths increased to 12.

Hospitalizations have decreased in 92 of the last 135 days and by 11 today to see the total lower to 361.
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Nursing home cases and cases by City and Town up to September 23rd.
Weekly COVID-19 Public Health Report

Massachusetts residents subject to COVID-19 quarantine by current status up to September 23rd
• Total of individuals subject to quarantine: 87,024
• Total of individuals who have completed monitoring (no longer in quarantine): 84,350
• Total of individuals currently undergoing monitoring/under quarantine: 2,674

According to the CDC, as of September 23rd, the total amount of COVID-19 cases in the country is 6,874,982 with 200,275 dead.

Courtesy of the CDC