Brookline’s COVID-19 Positivity Rate Now At 6.87%, Cases Rise

BROOKLINE, MA — Brookline's positive COVID-19 test rate is now at 6.87 percent, a 1.36 percent increase since last week, according to the latest municipal-level data released by the Department of Public Health Thursday.

This week, the Town of Brookline reported a two-week case count of 551 compared to last week's case count of 525. Also over the past week, Brookline was adding 60.8 new cases per day per 100,000 people. That's higher than the 57.9 cases per 100,000 in Brookline measured on May 12.

On Thursday afternoon, the state Department of Public Health reported 4,957 new coronavirus cases and 14 new deaths. On Wednesday, a total of 866 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Massachusetts.

The latest state vaccine report showed the number of fully vaccinated residents is 5.37 million. Over 63 percent are fully vaccinated in Brookline, and 74 percent are partially vaccinated.

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.