City had more than 1,300 cases in last 14 days
WCVB and Herald News Staff
BOSTON The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported 4,985 additional COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the statewide total to 297,301.
Thursday s report also added 44 new deaths to the state s total, which is now 11,305 people since the start of the pandemic.
An estimated 76,215 cases are active across the state, according to the report.
Fall River, with 1,366 cases in the last 14 days, remains deeply in the red. The average daily incidence rate is 109.2 per 100,000, and the city s positivity rate is 13.07%, the 11th highest in the state.
As of Thursday, 1,871 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Massachusetts, of which 383 were reported to be in an intensive care unit.