MA Town-By-Town Coronavirus Stats: Deaths Down, Other Metrics Up

MASSACHUSETTS — Massachusetts reported increases in most coronavirus metrics over the last week, but a fall in the daily average death rate.

Over two-thirds of the state's communities reported rising positive test rates and case counts in the latest town-level report released by the Department of Public Health Thursday. Just 46 Massachusetts communities didn't report a single positive test over the last two weeks, down from 66 in the last report.

The Department of Public Health reported 1,046 new coronavirus cases, two deaths and 10,274 vaccine doses administered.

The state's average daily case rate rose to 8.5 per 100,000 residents over the last two weeks from 5.3 in the report.

The weekly average positive test rate rose from 2.11 percent to 2.61 percent. The low was just 0.31 percent on June 25.

But the death rate fell back to 1.3 average deaths per day, from 4.1 a week prior.

Vaccines

The latest vaccine report shows the number of residents who are fully vaccinated has risen to 4.38 million. Another 480,143 residents have received one dose of the two-dose Moderna or Pfizer vaccine.

More than 64 percent of the state's population is fully vaccinated, but some communities lag behind, according to state data. Twenty-two 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.

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.

Note: 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.

The data also does not include 968 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 218.6, up from 140.9 a week prior. There were 44 patients in intensive care reported Thursday.

The positive test rate over the last two weeks fell in 41 — or 11.7 percent — of the 351 communities in the state. The rate rose in 249 — or 69.2 percent — of the communities. It held steady in the remaining 67.

Nearly half of communities reported positive test rates higher than 2 percent during the past two weeks, including 19 with test rates above 5 percent. The highest rate, 23.1 percent, was reported by Leyden.

To date, there have been 677,433 cases and 17,725 deaths statewide since the pandemic began.

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The state reported 46,670 new tests Thursday, bringing the total administered to 24.8 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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