MA Town-By-Town Coronavirus Stats: Deaths, Hospitalizations Rise

MASSACHUSETTS — Massachusetts reported increases in all coronavirus measures over the last week, including deaths and hospitalizations.

Vaccinations have slowed down, with nearly two-thirds of the population fully vaccinated, while the positive test rate has risen to a level not seen in two months.

The majority of cities and towns reported rising positive test rates and case counts in the latest Department of Health town-by-town report. Still, 88 communities didn't report a single positive test over the past two weeks.

The weekly average positive test rate rose from 0.89 percent to 1.39 percent. The low was 0.31 percent, on June 25. The average case count rose to 271.3, more than four times the June 25 low of 63.9.

The death rate rose to an average of 2.3 deaths per day, double the July 12 low of 1.1.

The Department of Public Health reported 477 coronavirus cases, six deaths and 9,232 vaccine doses administered Thursday.

Vaccines

The latest vaccine report shows the number of residents who are fully vaccinated has risen to 4.317 million. Another 463,955 have received one dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine.

More than 63 percent of the state's population is fully vaccinated, but some communities lag behind, according to state data. Twenty-four communities continue to report that fewer than half their residents are even partially vaccinated. Compare that with the more than 90 percent of residents fully vaccinated in eight cities and towns.

For dozens of communities, up to 30 vaccinations may be missing from the data, as the state does not report totals for demographic subgroups with fewer than 30 vaccinated. No vaccination data is available for two communities with particularly low populations: Gosnold and Monroe.

How to use this map: Zoom in on the map below and click on a pin to see that community's coronavirus vaccination rates. You can also view the town-by-town coronavirus vaccination data in the spreadsheet we used to create this map.

Colors reflect the percentage of the population fully vaccinated, from under 50 percent, red, to more than 70 percent, green. The state did not report vaccination numbers for the two gray communities. Some communities are grouped together for the purpose of vaccination data.

The map does not include 956 of the state's cases because state health officials could not determine which communities the patients lived in.

Other Key Coronavirus Metrics

The seven-day average number of hospitalized patients was 109, up from 95.3 a week prior. There were 36 patients in intensive care.

The positive test rate over the last two weeks fell in 44 — or 12.5 percent — of the 351 communities in the state. The rate rose in 201 — or 57.3 percent — of the communities. It held steady in the remaining 106.

Twenty-seven communities reported positive test rates higher than 2 percent during the past two weeks, including five with test rates above 5 percent: Chilmark, Granville, Provincetown, Truro and Wendell.

There were 2.6 average daily cases per 100,000 residents of the state during that period, up from 1.4 in the prior week's report.

To date, there have been 667,818 cases and 17,673 deaths statewide since the pandemic began.

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The state reported 34,750 new tests Thursday, bringing the total administered to 24.4 million.

The data includes coronavirus cases for all Massachusetts communities, except for those with populations under 50,000 and where there are fewer than five cases. The department said the stipulation was designed to protect the privacy of patients in those towns and cities.

The state releases town-by-town testing data every Thursday, including the number of people tested, the testing rate, the positive test rate, cases and infection rates.

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