The number of patients in Massachusetts hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 cases is 96; the figure was once nearly 4,000 during the height of the pandemic. Of those currently hospitalized, 26 are listed as being in intensive care units and 10 are intubated.
Health officials estimated the number of active COVID-19 cases at 1,432 as of Sunday.
The seven-day average of how many COVID tests return positive held at 0.29%.
More than 8.5 million vaccine doses were administered in Massachusetts as of Sunday. This includes nearly 4.4 million first shots and over 3.9 million second shots of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. There have been more than 274,000 doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine administered.
Updated on January 18, 2021 at 5:54 pm
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More than 450,000 Massachusetts residents have now been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the pandemic began, the state Department of Public Health said Monday.
With 3,224 new confirmed cases of the virus announced Monday, there have now been 451,535 confirmed cases overall.
The department also reported 52 more deaths on Monday, bringing the confirmed death toll to 13,424. Another 281 deaths are considered probably linked to COVID-19.
The latest seven-day average positivity rate in Massachusetts is now 5.91%, down from almost 7% two weeks ago.
The number of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 increased to 2,206, while 427 of those patients are listed as being in intensive care units and 288 are intubated, according to the DPH.
The proportion of positive tests dropped from 6.15% to 5.86%, the department said.
The number of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 fell to 2,165, while 433 of those patients are still listed as being in intensive care units and 288 are intubated, according to DPH.
This update comes as the COVID-19 variant first found in the United Kingdom has officially been detected in Massachusetts, officials announced Sunday. Hundreds of first responders rolled up their sleeves Friday at Gillette Stadium, the first mass vaccination site in Massachusetts.
The woman, a Boston resident in her 20s, travelled to the U.K. and returned to the state in early January. She began feeling ill and received a positive test, officials said. The variant was then detected through a screening program established by the CDC.