Brookline's COVID-19 Positivity Rate Rises To 7.21%

BROOKLINE, MA — Brookline's positive COVID-19 test rate is now at 7.21 percent, a 0.9 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 200 compared to last week's case count of 191. Also over the past week, Brookline was adding 22.1 new cases per day per 100,000 people. That's slightly higher than the 21.1 cases per 100,000 in Brookline measured on June 30.

On Thursday afternoon, the state Department of Public Health reported 1,915 new coronavirus cases, eight deaths and 7,864 vaccine doses administered.

The latest state vaccine report showed the number of fully vaccinated residents is 5.41 million. Booster doses were given to about 3.12 million residents.

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.