Massachusetts health officials reported 8,224 new COVID-19 cases and 47 new deaths in the last week, with the new data released Thursday.
In total, there have been 1,830,211 cases and 20,025 deaths since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The state reported 176 people primarily hospitalized for COVID-19 and a total of 582 hospitalized patients who have the virus. Of the total hospitalizations, 64 were in intensive care and 24 were intubated.
Massachusetts' COVID metrics, tracked on the Department of Public Health's interactive coronavirus dashboard, were down this week.
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Essex County, Bristol County, Hampden County, Hampshire County and Berkshire County are low risk, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rest of the with the rest of the state at medium risk.
The state's seven-day average positivity was at 7.84% Thursday, compared to 8.05% last week.
This spring bump was well below the types of case counts and hospitalizations seen at height of the omicron surge in January, when average daily case counts reached over 28,000 and hospitalizations peaked at around 3,300.
COVID levels in wastewater, as reported by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority's tracking system show numbers heading down in Boston area compared to last week.
Experts have said that case count reporting became a less accurate indicator during the omicron surge, given the difficulties in getting tested. Now, widespread use of rapid tests means that some results go unreported.
More than 15 million vaccine doses have now been administered in Massachusetts.
