Massachusetts health officials on Monday reported five new coronavirus deaths and 214 new cases as the average positive test held steady at below 2%.
The 32 new coronavirus deaths bring the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 8,741, 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 12 now.
The state has logged 121,315 cases of the highly contagious disease, an increase of 214 confirmed cases and 61 probable cases since Sunday. Of the 121,315 total cases, at least 99,021 people have recovered.
The seven-day weighted average of the state’s positive test rate held steady at 1.8% on Monday.
The rate rose from 1.7% in mid-July to 2.2% last week before declining over the past few days.
Coronavirus hospitalizations went up by five patients, bringing the state’s COVID-19 hospitalization total to 380. Overall, the statewide hospitalization total has declined by 3,182 since May 5.
There are 60 patients in the ICU, and 25 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 380 now.
An additional 11,276 tests have brought the state’s total to more than 1.7 million tests.
The state reported 24,517 residents and health care workers at long-term care facilities have now contracted the virus, with 376 facilities reporting at least one case of COVID-19.
Of the state’s 8,741 total coronavirus deaths, 5,579 are connected to long-term care facilities.
The U.S. has recorded more than 5 million coronavirus cases — the most cases in the world. More than 163,000 Americans have died, and more than 1.6 million have recovered.
