The state reported Monday that there were no new deaths from probable cases, keeping that total at 219. There were 107 new probable cases, totaling 7,364.
State officials said 10,291 more people had been tested for the coronavirus as of Monday, bringing the total of the tests to 1,123,793. The total number of tests administered increased to 1,454,584.
The state reported that new antibody tests had been completed for 205 people, with a total of 92,664.
The state is monitoring four key metrics as part of its gradual reopening process. This is what the latest data shows for each of them:
The seven-day weighted average of the positive tests, which Baker mentioned, held at 1.9 percent for the second consecutive day on Sunday. That metric has generally ranged from 1.7 percent to 2 percent since mid-June. The current number represents a 93 percent drop from the mid-April highs.
The three-day average of patients hospitalized for coronavirus fell from 377 on Saturday to 362 as of Sunday, representing a 90 percent drop from mid-April.
The number of hospitals using the surge capacity decreased from two on Saturday to zero on Sunday. And the three-day average of deaths from confirmed coronavirus cases held steady at 14 for the second consecutive day on Friday, a 91 percent decrease from mid-April.
“Here in Massachusetts, public health data remains stable, and many of the key statistics have improved significantly since the height of the outbreak in the spring,” Baker said at his press conference, before Monday’s numbers were released. .
Baker’s comments came after Dr. David Rosman, president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, tweeted Sunday night that the state should consider “going back one phase.”
When asked about the growing numbers and Rosman’s comments on Monday, Baker cited two specific groups in the state: a home party in Chatham and an outbreak involving dozens of patients and employees at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, and said that the summer months present unique challenges in the fight against the virus.
Baker said the case numbers may be the result of “just much more mobility,” some of them associated with the state’s economic reopening, “but some of them are also just people who are away from home: it’s hot and people Generally speaking, they are more in contact with people now than in the months of April, May and even June. “
He also said, “Right now, the most important thing we must do is continue to do the things that brought us here in the first place,” referring to people who cover their faces, wash their hands, and maintain social distance. . “When we look at what groups have been created so far, many of them are the result of people simply not doing the things that we have told everyone, which has much less to do with the nature of what there is. open or not open.
“I mean, most of the time, if people do things right, we should continue to be successful in containing this,” Baker said. “If people don’t do the right thing, that’s obviously another story.”
Baker also noted that although cases have been progressing, Massachusetts has still seen progress since the reopening began in the spring.
“We should all remember where we were when we started this reopening program in May,” said Baker. “We saw positive test rates at that point north of 10 percent in far fewer tests.”
During the press conference, Baker also announced that the state’s Stop The Spread initiative, which provides free coronavirus testing in communities with higher positive rates, would expand to Agawam, Brockton, Methuen, Randolph, Revere, Springfield, Taunton, and Worcester. . Those interested in testing can visit mass.gov/stopthespread to find a site and make an appointment.
Travis Andersen of the Globe staff contributed to this report.
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