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Coronavirus By The Numbers: What We Know About MA Patients Who Died

BOSTON (CBS) – Coronavirus has claimed the lives of 35 Massachusetts residents as of Friday afternoon, and another 3,200 people have tested positive. While the diagnosed cases are spread pretty evenly across age groups, the fatal cases are clustered among the older population.

Here is a breakdown from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health of diagnosed coronavirus cases by age, as of March 27:

age breakdown march 27
(Image: Mass DPH)

Of the 35 people who have died:

• 15 in their 80s
• 8 in their 70s
• 6 in their 90s
• 4 in their 60s
• 2 in their 50s

Twenty-three of those 35 patients had known, pre-existing medical conditions.

Twenty-one were male, 14 were female.

The deaths are spread between ten Massachusetts counties.

• 7 in Norfolk County
• 6 in Middlesex County
• 4 in Suffolk County
• 4 in Worcester County
• 4 in Berkshire County
• 3 in Essex County
• 2 in Hampden County
• 2 in Franklin County
• 2 in Barnstable County
• 1 in Bristol County

ANNOUNCED MARCH 27

• Male, 60s, Berkshire county, preexisting conditions
• Female, 80s, Norfolk county, unknown preexisting condition
• Female, 80s, Norfolk county, unknown preexisting condition
• Female, 80s, Norfolk county, preexisting conditions
• Female, 90s, Berkshire county, unknown preexisting condition
• Male, 60s, Norfolk county, unknown preexisting condition
• Female, 90s, Franklin county, unknown preexisting condition
• Male, 80s, Middlesex county, preexisting conditions
• Male, 90s, Barnstable county unknown preexisting condition
• Female, 90s, Bristol county, preexisting conditions

ANNOUNCED MARCH 26

• Male, 50s, Essex County, preexisting conditions
• Male, 80s, Essex County, preexisting conditions
• Male, 80s, Middlesex County, unknown preexisting conditions
• Male, 70s, Middlesex County, preexisting condition
• Male, 80s, Hampden County, unknown preexisting conditions
• Male, 90s, Suffolk County, preexisting conditions
• Male, 80s, Worcester County, preexisting conditions
• Female, 70s, Norfolk County, preexisting conditions
• Male, 80s, Franklin County, unknown preexisting conditions
• Female, 80s, Middlesex County, preexisting conditions

ANNOUNCED MARCH 25

• Male, 80s, Norfolk County, pre-existing conditions
• Male, 80s, Barnstable County, pre-existing conditions
• Male, 70s, Worcester County, unknown pre-existing conditions
• Female, 70s, Worcester County, pre-existing conditions

ANNOUNCED MARCH 24

• Female, 80s, Middlesex County, pre-existing conditions
• Female, 60s, Berkshire County, pre-existing conditions

ANNOUNCED MARCH 23

• Female, 70s, Essex County, pre-existing conditions
• Female, 70s, Worcester County, pre-existing conditions
• Male, 60s, Suffolk County, pre-existing conditions
• Male, 80s, Norfolk County, pre-existing conditions

ANNOUNCED MARCH 22

• Male, 70s, Hampden County, unknown pre-existing conditions
• Male, 70s, Berkshire County, pre-existing conditions
• Male, 90s, Suffolk County, unknown pre-existing conditions

ANNOUNCED MARCH 21

• Female, 50s, Middlesex County, pre-existing conditions

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