Massachusetts coronavirus cases spike 962, hospitalizations keep rising
Massachusetts health officials on Wednesday reported a spike of 962 coronavirus cases, as daily infection counts keep climbing amid the more highly contagious delta variant.
The 962 cases is the highest single-day case count in nearly three months.
COVID hospitalizations also continue to climb, with the state reporting an increase of 19 patients, bringing the total number of virus patients to 245. That’s more than three times the tally of 80 patients one month ago on July 4.
The seven-day average of daily cases has now spiked to 626, which is nearly 10 times the record-low average of 64 daily cases in late June.
Since that pandemic low, infections have been rapidly rising as the delta variant circulates the Bay State. About one-third of daily cases have been breakthrough infections in recent weeks, and less than 0.2% of the more than 4.3 million fully vaccinated people in Massachusetts have had confirmed cases.
Meanwhile, the Provincetown coronavirus cluster that sickened many fully vaccinated people appears to be heading in the right direction. About 900 people have been affected by the outbreak.
“The number of people recovering each day exceeds the number of new cases being added,” Provincetown Town Manager Alex More wrote on Wednesday. “We are optimistic this will continue.”
The test positivity rate for the Cape Cod cluster has continued to improve, from a peak of 15.1% on July 15 to a low of 3.2% on Tuesday.
Eight hospitalizations have been connected to the cluster. No deaths have been reported.
State health officials on Wednesday reported five new COVID deaths, bringing the state’s total recorded death toll to 18,091.
The seven-day average of daily deaths is now 1.4, slightly up from the record-low average of 1.1 in mid July.
from Boston Herald https://ift.tt/3lB9S4H
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