Saturday breaks trend of Massachusetts COVID-19 hospitalizations, 18 reported dead

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

Massachusetts has seen 515 more positive cases announced today. An increase from Friday’s report. The 7 day weighted average positive test rate remains at 0.9%.

Massachusetts had seen 454 more positive cases announced yesterday.

The Massachusetts Department of Health statistics show a rise in total cases to 127,832 with 18 more reported dead for a total of 9,178.

14,310 tests were performed on new individuals, over 1,500 less than yesterday’s report, to increase the amount of individuals tested to 2,174,560. The overall amount of tests administered in Massachusetts is now 3,780,020.

The 3 day average of COVID-19 deaths remains at 11.

Hospitalizations have increased in 9 of the last 12 days, but decreased by 35 today to see the total lower to 354.
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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 26th, the total amount of COVID-19 cases in the country is 7,009,216 with 203,180 dead.

Courtesy of the CDC