Coronavirus deaths in Massachusetts rose by 68 on Sunday as the state reported 1,013 new cases.
A total of 92,675 cases of coronavirus cases have been reported in the state and 6,372 people have died from the highly infectious virus, according to Department of Public Health data.
To date, 532,373 tests for the novel coronavirus have been conducted in Massachusetts including 11,387 new tests that were reported Sunday. The positive testing rate jumped to 17% — the highest since April 29. However the DPH states in a note alongside the statistic that the rate for the most recent date is often incomplete due to a lag in the data. The DPH still classifies the testing rate as positive in Sunday’s report.
There are 2,169 people in Massachusetts currently hospitalized for the coronavirus — 2% of all cases, a decrease from last month when roughly 5% of people positive for the novel coronavirus were hospitalized.
There are 558 coronavirus patients in Massachusetts currently in hospital intensive care units. The average age of a Massachusetts coronavirus patient is 52 the DPH data shows, and the average age of a hospitalized coronavirus patient is 68. The average age among people who have died from COVID-19 is 82.
Long-term-care facilities continue to bear the brunt of the casualties related to the virus. Roughly 61% of all deaths reported statewide — 3,890 — happened at long-term care facilities as of Sunday, according to state health officials. Infections among residents and employees total 19,602 and account for about 21% of all cases statewide.
Middlesex County has the most confirmed cases in Massachusetts with 20,437 cases, followed by Suffolk County with 17,417 cases.
The U.S. has seen a total of more than 1.6 million coronavirus cases since the outbreak began, according to the John’s Hopkins University coronavirus tracking center.
Nearly 97,495 Americans have died and 361,239 have recovered.
Worldwide, 5.3 million people have caught the contagious disease, 343,617 have died and more than 2.1 million patients have recovered.
