The positive rate of the coronavirus test in Massachusetts fell to a record low of 1.4% on Friday, as health officials reported 14 new coronavirus deaths and 212 new cases.
The seven-day weighted average of the state’s positive test rate ticks to 1.4% on Friday, the lowest so far “observed value”, according to the Department of Public Health.
The rate went from 1.7% in mid-July to 2.2% last week before falling in the past week.
Four key indicators are now in trend in green, previously sitting at just three, and include positive trends in test positivity, hospitalizations, test capacity and contact tracking.
The 14 new coronavirus deaths bring the deaths of COVID-19 interpreters to 8,582, the state Department of Public Health announced. The three-day average of daily deaths from coronavirus has dropped from 161 in early May to 12 now.
The state has registered 113,729 cases of the highly contagious disease, an increase of 212 cases since Thursday. Of the 113,729 total cases, at least 100,486 people were recovered.
Coronavirus hospitalizations fell by 3 patients, bringing the total COVID-19 hospitalization in the state to 398.
There are 58 patients in the ICU, and 31 patients are currently intubated.
The highest peak of coronavirus hospitalizations in Massachusetts was 3,965 on April 21st. The three-day average of the number of coronavirus hospitalizations went from 3,707 on May 1 to 407.
The state reported 24,478 residents and health care workers at long-term care facilities have now contracted the virus, with 378 facilities reporting at least one case of COVID-19, an increase from one facility since Thursday.
Of the state’s 8,852 total coronavirus deaths, 5,634 are related to long-term benefits.
Data and on age and probable cases are moved to the department’s weekly report every Wednesday, and are no longer updated daily.
