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MA Town-By-Town Coronavirus Stats: Daily Case Rate Doubles

All coronavirus metrics, including deaths and hospitalizations, rose again for a second straight week.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported 742 new coronavirus cases, eight deaths and 176 current hospitalizations.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported 742 new coronavirus cases, eight deaths and 176 current hospitalizations. (Emily Leayman/Patch)

MASSACHUSETTS — Massachusetts reported increases in all coronavirus metrics over the last week, including deaths and hospitalizations Thursday.

The Department of Public Health reported 742 new coronavirus cases, eight deaths and 176 current hospitalizations. The majority of cities and towns reported rising positive test rates and case counts in the latest Department of Health town-by-town report. Just 66 Massachusetts communities didn't report a single positive test over the last two weeks.

The state's average daily case rate more than doubled. There was an average of 5.3 daily cases per 100,000 residents of the state during that period, up from 2.6 in the prior week's report.

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The weekly average positive test rate rose from 1.39 percent to 1.92 percent. That means the positivity rate is more than six times higher than it was at its pandemic low of 0.31 percent on June 25.

The death rate also rose to an average of 3.9 deaths per day, from 2.3 per day the week prior.

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Vaccines

The latest vaccine report shows the number of residents who are fully vaccinated has risen to 4.35 million.

More than 63 percent of the state's population is fully vaccinated, but some communities lag behind, according to state data. Twenty-one communities continue to report that fewer than half their residents are even partially vaccinated. Compare that with the more than 90 percent of residents fully vaccinated in eight cities and towns.

How to use this map: Zoom in on the map below and click on a pin to see that community's coronavirus vaccination rates. You can also view the town-by-town coronavirus vaccination data and town-by-town COVID-19 case data by following the links to the spreadsheets.

Note: For dozens of communities, up to 30 vaccinations may be missing from the data, as the state does not report totals for demographic subgroups with fewer than 30 vaccinated. No vaccination data is available for two communities with particularly low populations: Gosnold and Monroe.

The data also does not include 967 of the state's cases because state health officials could not determine which communities the patients lived in.

Other Key Coronavirus Metrics

The seven-day average number of hospitalized patients was 140.9, up from 109 a week prior. There were 39 patients in intensive care reported Thursday.

The positive test rate over the last two weeks fell in 47 — or 13.4 percent — of the 351 communities in the state. The rate rose in 226 — or 64.4 percent — of the communities. It held steady in the remaining 78.

Eighty communities reported positive test rates higher than 2 percent during the past two weeks, including 10 with test rates above 5 percent: Alford, Provincetown, Buckland, Yarmouth, Wendell, Truro, Sandisfield, Norfolk, Raynham and New Marlboro.

To date, there have been 671,644 cases and 17,711 deaths statewide since the pandemic began.

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The state reported 40,967 new tests Thursday, bringing the total administered to 24.6 million.

The data includes coronavirus cases for all Massachusetts communities, except for those with populations under 50,000 and where there are fewer than five cases. The department said the stipulation was designed to protect the privacy of patients in those towns and cities.

The state releases town-by-town testing data every Thursday, including the number of people tested, the testing rate, the positive test rate, cases and infection rates.

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