340 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Massachusetts, 15 additional deaths
Daily positive test rate drops to 1.95%
Daily positive test rate drops to 1.95%
Daily positive test rate drops to 1.95%
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 340 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the statewide total to 125,479.
There were 17,399 new molecular tests conducted, with a 1.95% daily positive rate.
State health officials also confirmed 15 new COVID-19-related deaths across Massachusetts, bringing the state's confirmed coronavirus death toll to 9,100.
About 3.39 million molecular tests for COVID-19 have now been administered in the state to more than 2.08 million individuals.
As of Sunday, 364 patients with the coronavirus were hospitalized in Massachusetts, an increase of two patients from what state health officials reported Saturday.
Of those patients who are currently hospitalized, 61 were reported to be in an intensive care unit.
In its weekly report, which was released Wednesday, the DPH said 109,397 total patients have been released from isolation, meaning they are considered to have recovered from the coronavirus.
New data is published daily around 4 p.m. with the exception of Wednesday's daily and weekly reports, which are published around 6 p.m.