Staff Reports
Dec 21, 2020
NEWBURYPORT â The mayor urged residents to be vigilant by avoiding indoor social or holiday gatherings after Newburyport moved into the red high-risk category for COVID-19 transmission on Thursday.
Mayor Donna Holaday said there were 156 active COVID-19 cases in the city, with a total confirmed and suspected cases hitting 620 since the pandemic began in March.
Twenty-three residents have died from complications from the virus, according to city officials. The state reported 515 confirmed cases in Newburyport and Holaday said the city is now including suspected positive cases in regular reports, putting the total at 620.
State Department of Public Health records released Thursday also showed nine residents of Port Health Care in Newburyport have died during the pandemic, with the number of deaths rising from five in the Dec. 3 DPH report to nine in the data published online Thursday. No other area nursing homes or assisted living centers reported
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