Medford’s COVID-19 Positivity Rate Now At 7.66%, Cases Rise

MEDFORD, MA — Medford's positive COVID-19 test rate is now at 7.66 percent, a 2.18 percent increase since last week, according to the latest municipal-level data released by the Department of Public Health Thursday.

This week, the City of Medford reported a two-week case count of 583 compared to last week's case count of 506. Also over the past week, Medford was adding 68.5 new cases per day per 100,000 people. That's higher than the 59.5 cases per 100,000 in Medford 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 78 percent are fully vaccinated in Medford, and 89 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.