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MA Coronavirus Hospitalizations, Positive Test Rates Hit New Lows
There continued to be progress in two of the key health metric health officials are watching as Gov. Baker weighs reopening Massachusetts.
MASSACHUSETTS — The percentage of positive coronavirus tests and hospitalizations hit their lowest marks yet in the state's daily update.
The state also reported another 139 deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the total to 4,979.
The Department of Public health confirmed another 1,050 cases of the coronavirus after performing 11,852 tests. The 9 percent positive rate is the first time the number has been under 10 percent since at least the beginning of the daily updates in late March. The positive rate has only been higher than 14 percent once in the past week.
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The positive rate metric is a key ones state health officials are watching as Gov. Charlie Baker and his administration weigh how and when to reopen Massachusetts.
There were 3,128 COVID-19 patients in hospitals, representing 4 percent of all cases. That's the lowest amount of hospitalizations since the state started counting suspected cases.
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The amount of confirmed cases has decreased each of the past five days. That number is reliant on how much testing and who is tested. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases overall in Massachusetts is now at 77,793.
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