Coronavirus

Mass. Confirms 4,752 New COVID Cases, 19 More Deaths Over the Weekend

Massachusetts' seven-day average of positive tests fell to 2.22%, while the number of people hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 675

Massachusetts Coronavirus
NBC10 Boston

Massachusetts health officials reported another 4,752 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 19 new deaths Monday, in a report that includes data from over the weekend.

The report pushed the state's number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 730,111 since the start of the pandemic and its death toll to 17,991.

Massachusetts' COVID metrics, tracked on the Department of Public Health's interactive coronavirus dashboard, dashboard, are far lower than they were in spring, and while all of the major ones have risen from their lowest points, some have dipped in recent weeks. Reports on Mondays, or Tuesdays after holiday weekends, include all the data reported since Friday's update.

Massachusetts' seven-day average of positive tests fell to 2.22% Monday. It was once above 30%, but had dropped under 0.5% until the delta variant began surging in the state.

The number of patients in Massachusetts hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 675; the figure was once nearly 4,000, but averaged under 85 at one point in July. Of those currently hospitalized, 180 are fully vaccinated, 170 are in intensive care units and 88 are intubated.

More than 9.3 million vaccine doses have been administered in Massachusetts. That includes more than 4.7 million first shots and nearly 4.3 million second shots of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. There have been more than 306,000 doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine administered.

Health officials on Monday reported that a total of 4,556,972 Massachusetts residents have been fully vaccinated.

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