The state reported Sunday that there were 19 new deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the number of deaths in Massachusetts to 8,060, while the total number of cases across the state is now nearly 109,000.
The number of new cases increased by 224, reaching a total of 108,667, an increase of 108,443 cases reported a day earlier.
Among the recently reported cases were 163 confirmed cases and 61 additional probable cases of the disease. The recently reported deaths on Sunday involved confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
The state’s three-day average of COVID-19 deaths was 23 as of Thursday, below an average of 180 deaths established in late April.
In recent days, that number has fluctuated from low to high averages in the 1920s, according to state data. Those fluctuations interrupted what had been a steady decline in the average number of deaths, which peaked at 23 on June 18.
The state’s seven-day average positive test rate, which is closely followed by public health experts, was 2 percent on Saturday, the state reported.
That figure has been stable since Thursday, and remains well below the rate set in mid-April, when the average rate peaked at 29.5 percent.
The three-day average of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 cases fell to 769 on Saturday, down from 794 on Friday.
Across the United States, more than 2.5 million cases of coronavirus have been reported, with more than 125,000 deaths, officials said Sunday.
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