By Richard K. Lodge rlodge@newburyportnews.com Dec 10, 2020
Dec 10, 2020
NEWBURYPORT â All communities in Greater Newburyport recorded increases in the number of residents testing positive for COVID-19 over the past week, with Newburyport reporting 172 new cases in the last 14 days.
The state Department of Public Health data released Thursday also showed one resident of Port Healthcare Center on Low Street had died from complications related to the virus, raising the toll at the 123-bed facility to six since the Oct. 29 DPH report.
Mayor Donna Holaday said this week 23 city residents had died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began.Â
Statewide, DPH said there were 5,130 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total of active cases to 63,362. An additional 41 people had died in the previous day, bringing that grim toll to 10,963 since March. Sixty-one people were reported to have died in Essex County in the past week.Â