Somerville’s COVID-19 Positivity Rate Plateaus, Cases Decrease

SOMERVILLE, MA — Somerville's positive COVID-19 test rate is now at 7.66 percent, about the same as last week’s positivity rate of 7.64 percent, according to the latest municipal-level data released by the Department of Public Health Thursday.

This week, the City of Somerville reported a two-week case count of 663 compared to last week's case count of 773. Also over the past week, Somerville was adding 62.6 new cases per day per 100,000 people. That's lower than the 73 cases per 100,000 in Somerville measured on May 26.

On Thursday afternoon, the state Department of Public Health reported 2,561 new coronavirus cases and 24 deaths. The weekly average case count was 1,450.3 daily cases, down from 2,246 a week before.

The latest state vaccine report showed the number of fully vaccinated residents is 5.39 million. Over 82 percent are fully vaccinated in Somerville, and 95 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.