Massachusetts sees over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases Friday, Fall River has 5th highest COVID-19 rate in state

Massachusetts saw another increase in cases and hospitalizations in Friday’s COVID-19 report.

Massachusetts has seen 2,038 more positive cases announced today. An increase from Thursday’s report. The 7 day weighted average positive test rate increased yet again to 2.11%.

Massachusetts had seen 1,761 more positive cases announced yesterday.

The Massachusetts Department of Health statistics show a rise in total confirmed cases to 162,736 with 21 more reported dead for a total of 9,880.

The overall amount of tests administered in Massachusetts is now 6,547,668 after 86,357 new molecular tests.

The 3 day average of COVID-19 deaths remain at 17.

Estimated active cases are currently 19,366.

Hospitalizations have increased in 35 of the last 53 days and increased by 15 today to see the total raise to 513.
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Beginning Monday, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) started posting a revised COVID-19 daily dashboard. This revised dashboard will continue to provide critical information for the public’s understanding of the current and cumulative impact of the pandemic in Massachusetts, reflecting the metrics that are most useful to track on a daily basis.

Many existing data points, including testing, deaths, and hospitalization rates, have been reorganized to report on current numbers, trends over the past six weeks, and trends going back to March.

Nursing home cases, city and town metrics, and cluster information up to November 4th.
Weekly COVID-19 Public Health Report

According to today’s report, Fall River has a 41.8 Average Daily Incidence Rate per 100,000 (Last 14 days) which is the fifth highest in the state. New Bedford sits at 28.4.

Massachusetts residents subject to COVID-19 quarantine by current status up to November 4th
• Total of individuals subject to quarantine: 108,129
• Total of individuals who have completed monitoring (no longer in quarantine): 101,787
• Total of individuals currently undergoing monitoring/under quarantine: 6,342

As of November 6th, according to the CDC, the United States has seen 9,581,770 cases of COVID-19 with 234,264 reported deaths.

Courtesy of the CDC

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