As Thanksgiving approaches, Covid-19 cases going up again, but hospitalization, deaths remain lower than earlier in the year

Massachusetts contiguous reported 2,650 caller Covid-19 cases, a 52% summation implicit the aforesaid time past week and the highest one-day full since February.

The authorities reported 642 Covid-19 patients successful hospitals connected Tuesday, compared to 527 the erstwhile Tuesday, a 22% increase. However, an indicator that vaccines are moving is that Tuesday's fig is acold little than the numbers reported successful February, erstwhile astir radical were yet to beryllium vaccinated. That period started with 1,640 radical successful infirmary beds and ended with 788.

The fig of Covid-19 deaths reported contiguous was 20, the aforesaid fig arsenic a week ago. As with hospitalization, the fig has travel down since February: On Feb. 17, 55 Massachusetts residents died from the disease.

Samples from the MWRA sewage works connected Deer Island are showing an summation successful coronavirus RNA recovered successful sewage from some of the MWRA's 2 work areas. Growing numbers tin bespeak an impending surge wrong a mates weeks, due to the fact that radical tin commencement secreting viral particles earlier they cognize they're sick oregon get a confirmed diagnosis.