The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have rated 11 of Massachusetts’ 14 counties as having high community transmission levels of COVID-19. The rankings are based on a handful of factors including new hospital admissions for COVID-19, recent case counts, and the community’s overall hospital capacity.Berkshire County reported the highest case rate per 100,000 individuals over the past week.Bristol, Hampshire and Hampden counties were the only Massachusetts county considered to have medium community transmission levels, according to the CDC. The CDC’s COVID-19 community level rankings are based on new reported COVID-19 cases across a county over the past seven days, relative to the population, the number of new admission of patients with confirmed COVID-19 over the past seven days relative to the county population and the seven-day average percentage of inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients. The agency recommends people in counties with high community levels of COVID-19 take actions to reduce transmission, such as wearing a mask in indoor public spaces and on public transportation. “Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines. Get tested if you have symptoms,” the CDC said. “If you are at high risk for severe illness, consider taking additional precautions.”Mass. COVID-19 cases trending higherThe Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 4,654 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday.The state’s seven-day positivity rate continues to increase — and now sits at 8.68%, the same level it was at in late January, but far lower than the 23.06% positivity level seen at the peak of the COVID-19 surge in early January.The COVID-19 positivity levels bottomed out in mid-March, before slowly trending higher in the days and weeks since.COVID-19 hospitalizations have continued to slowly increase since mid-March, with A total of 729 patients are now in Massachusetts hospitals, however, intensive care unit cases remain low.Massachusetts reported its highest one-day COVID-19 case count Thursday since early February, data released from the Department of Public Health showed, with 5,576confirmed COVID-19 cases.Massachusetts COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and fatalities
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have rated 11 of Massachusetts’ 14 counties as having high community transmission levels of COVID-19.
The rankings are based on a handful of factors including new hospital admissions for COVID-19, recent case counts, and the community’s overall hospital capacity.
Berkshire County reported the highest case rate per 100,000 individuals over the past week.
Bristol, Hampshire and Hampden counties were the only Massachusetts county considered to have medium community transmission levels, according to the CDC.
The CDC’s COVID-19 community level rankings are based on new reported COVID-19 cases across a county over the past seven days, relative to the population, the number of new admission of patients with confirmed COVID-19 over the past seven days relative to the county population and the seven-day average percentage of inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients.
The agency recommends people in counties with high community levels of COVID-19 take actions to reduce transmission, such as wearing a mask in indoor public spaces and on public transportation.
“Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines. Get tested if you have symptoms,” the CDC said. “If you are at high risk for severe illness, consider taking additional precautions.”
Mass. COVID-19 cases trending higher
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 4,654 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday.
The state’s seven-day positivity rate continues to increase — and now sits at 8.68%, the same level it was at in late January, but far lower than the 23.06% positivity level seen at the peak of the COVID-19 surge in early January.
The COVID-19 positivity levels bottomed out in mid-March, before slowly trending higher in the days and weeks since.
COVID-19 hospitalizations have continued to slowly increase since mid-March, with
A total of 729 patients are now in Massachusetts hospitals, however, intensive care unit cases remain low.
Massachusetts reported its highest one-day COVID-19 case count Thursday since early February, data released from the Department of Public Health showed, with 5,576
confirmed COVID-19 cases.