Coronavirus Cases At 2 Arlington Senior Care Homes

ARLINGTON, MA — Two Arlington senior living facilities have reported cases of the coronavirus, health officials said Monday. Sunrise Assisted Living and Park Avenue Health Care Center have positive cases within their communities.

The town is working with administrators at both facilities and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to monitor and test all symptomatic residents, restrict movement within the facilities and isolate positive and symptomatic residents to prevent the spread of the virus.

According to the latest numbers from the town, Arlington has 42 positive cases of the coronavirus. See below for the age breakdown of cases:

• one case under 19 years of age
• 5 cases 20-29 years of age
• 3 cases 30-39 years of age
• 5 cases 40-49 years of age
• 6 cases 50-59 years of age
• 8 cases 60-69 years of age
• 14 cases over 70 years old

The gender breakdown is 50 percent split, with 21 cases male and 21 cases female, officials said.

As of April 6, there were 13,837 confirmed cases in Massachusetts, 2,950 in Middlesex County and 260 reported deaths associated with the coronavirus.