Fifteen more people have died from coronavirus in Massachusetts as the number of confirmed cases increased by 764 on Sunday, according to state health officials.
The 15 new deaths bring the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 231, the state Department of Public Health announced.
The state now has 12,500 confirmed cases of the highly contagious disease, an increase of 764 cases since Saturday.
Suffolk County has the most confirmed cases in Massachusetts with 2,658 cases, followed by Middlesex County with 2,632 cases.
Boston has had 1,877 confirmed cases and 15 deaths as of Sunday.
The state reported 551 residents and healthcare workers at long-term care facilities have now contracted the virus, with 102 facilities reporting at least one case of COVID-19.
An additional 3,137 tests have brought the state’s total to 71,937 tests.
The U.S. has recorded more than 320,000 cases as of Sunday — the most cases in the world. More than 9,000 Americans have died.
New York is the country’s hotspot with more than 4,000 deaths and 120,000 cases.
There are more than 1.2 million confirmed cases worldwide and more than 68,000 deaths.
