Since the pandemic began, the state has had 671,644 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Two new deaths caused by COVID-19 were reported in Barnstable County over the course of the last two weeks. There were no new deaths reported in Dukes (Martha s Vineyard) and Nantucket counties last week.
Barnstable County had 31 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus Thursday for a total of 14,473 since last March.
Dukes County had no new cases Thursday for a total of 1,437. Nantucket County saw 16 new cases over the past week and has had a total of 1,565 coronavirus cases.
The state Department of Public Health said that 176 people in Massachusetts were hospitalized with COVID-19, including 39 patients in intensive care units, 17 of whom were intubated.
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AMHERST, Mass. – The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) and the University of Massachusetts continue to gather data on the prevalence and incidence of COVID-19 in the state. As a response to improving COVID rates, the study is shifting focus toward the study of antibody prevalence, as well as COVID infections in the general population.
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The state DPH is the study’s sponsor. “This effort will help us understand the actual effect of infection and vaccination in Massachusetts,” said Monina Klevens, director of research and evaluation for the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences at DPH.
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Get Back Massachusetts COVID-19 Testing Project is a collaboration to get an accurate count of individuals infected with COVID-19 over time. The Get Back Mass project will survey and test all randomly selected participants, including those who do not have symptoms. The project will use two home-collected tests: one to test for current COVID-19 infection; and one to test for past COVID-19 infection or vaccination (antibody test). The results will improve our understanding of how COVID-19 has spread across Massachusetts and which communities and populations are most affected. The project aims to enroll about 500 Massachusetts residents per month and will run for about 14-months.