Massachusetts Covid-19 numbers going up in a straight line; set new daily record again

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health contiguous reported 21,137 confirmed Covid-19 cases, a caller authorities regular record, and the 4th caller grounds successful a week.

The authorities besides reported a seven-day mean positivity complaint among Covid-19 tests of 16.44% up from the 13.58% reported past week.

The figures see 3,213 caller confirmed cases reported successful Suffolk County.

Hospitalizations proceed to summation arsenic well: The authorities reported 1,817 radical with Covid-19 successful Massachusetts hospitals, compared to 1,711 yesterday - inactive good beneath the acold beneath the each clip highest of 3,965 hospitalizations, reported for April 21, 2020.

The authorities reported 36 deaths, besides good beneath the state's highest regular fig of 198, recorded connected April 24 of past year.

Meanwhile, Covid-19 viral fragments recorded astatine the Deer Island attraction plant roseate astatine a adjacent vertical complaint this week, to levels ne'er seen before. The samples correspond Covid-19 viral particles excreted by radical successful greater-Boston communities served by the MWRA and person go a predictor of existent Covid-19 cases successful 7 to 10 days, due to the fact that radical often statesman excreting the microorganism earlier they cognize they are infected oregon request to get tested.