Massachusetts health officials on Sunday reported 13 new coronavirus deaths and 594 new cases, while the Bay State’s average positive test rate stayed low at 0.8%.
The 13 new coronavirus deaths bring the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 9,404, the state Department of Public Health announced. The three-day average of coronavirus daily deaths has dropped from 161 at the start of May to 10 now.
The state has logged 130,642 cases of the highly contagious disease, an increase of 594 confirmed cases since Saturday. Of the 130,642 total cases, at least 111,479 people have recovered.
The seven-day weighted average of the state’s positive test rate stayed at a low level of 0.8% on Sunday.
Coronavirus hospitalizations went up by 54 patients, bringing the state’s COVID-19 hospitalization total to 408.
There are 79 patients in the ICU, and 27 patients are currently intubated.
The highest peak of Massachusetts’ coronavirus hospitalizations was 3,965 on April 21. The three-day average of the number of coronavirus hospitalizations has gone from 3,707 on May 1 to 384 now.
An additional 18,065 tests have brought the state’s total to more than 3.8 million tests.
The state reported 24,841 residents and health care workers at long-term care facilities have now contracted the virus, with 383 facilities reporting at least one case of COVID-19.
Of the state’s 9,404 total coronavirus deaths, 6,040 are connected to long-term care facilities.
More than 204,000 Americans have died. The country’s death toll is the highest in the world.
The U.S. has recorded more than 7 million coronavirus cases — also the most in the world. More than 2.7 million people have recovered.
