Massachusetts health officials on Tuesday reported 10 more people have died from the coronavirus and 303 new cases, as statewide hospitalizations continued to drop and the positive test rate stayed low.
The 10 new coronavirus deaths bring the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 8,340, 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 eight now.
The state has logged 112,130 cases of the highly contagious disease, an increase of 203 confirmed cases and 100 probable cases since Monday. Of the 112,130 total cases, at least 94,347 people have recovered.
Coronavirus hospitalizations went down by 10 patients, bringing the state’s COVID-19 hospitalization total to 560. Overall, the statewide hospitalization total has declined by 3,002 since May 5.
There are 93 patients in the ICU, and 37 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 571 now.
An additional 11,971 tests have brought the state’s total to 1,241,465 tests. The seven-day weighted average of the state’s positive test rate has declined from 16.6% on May 1 to 1.6% now.
The state reported 23,733 residents and health care workers at long-term care facilities have now contracted the virus, with 368 facilities reporting at least one case of COVID-19.
Of the state’s 8,340 total coronavirus deaths, 5,282 are connected to long-term care facilities.
The U.S. has recorded more than 3.3 million coronavirus cases — the most cases in the world. More than 136,000 Americans have died, and more than 1 million have recovered.
There are more than 13.1 million confirmed cases worldwide and more than 574,000 deaths. More than 7.3 million people have recovered.
