Wakefield COVID Numbers Remain Steady As MA Sees Rebound

WAKEFIELD, MA — It appeared as if COVID-19 had bottomed out, not just here but across Massachusetts.

But COVID-19 is back, and while the pandemic's darkest days are still far behind us, there are shades of 2020 beginning to emerge.

Wakefield's numbers low numbers have stayed that way. There have only been six reported cases in each of the last two weekly updates. The 14-percent positive test rate ticked up from .50 to .59. The average daily incidence rate held at 1.6.

Massachusetts reported 477 cases yesterday — the highest since before Gov. Charlie Baker replaced the mask mandate with an advisory.

Cambridge yesterday joined Provincetown and Nantucket in re-issuing mask advisories amid an uptick in cases.

There is no indication Wakefield in considering a mask advisory. A Friday morning call to Health Director Elaine Silva went to voicemail. Patch will update this story if it hears back.

Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday the state isn't planning on changing any COVID rules.

Seventy-one percent of Wakefield residents have at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. While "breakthrough" cases are still happening — more than 40 percent of Cambridge's confirmed cases this month were of fully vaccinated people — severe cases are almost exclusively happening to people who are unvaccinated.

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