Braintree Coronavirus Stats: Positive Test Rate Sees Slight Drop

Braintree MA

12 March, 2021

1:14 AM

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BRAINTREE, MA — Braintree remained in the moderate-risk category in the latest city and town coronavirus report from the Massachusetts Department of Health Thursday. The town's positive test rate over the last two weeks was 3.27 percent, down from 3.39 last week, according to the state report. It's still firmly in the moderate-risk, or yellow, category. Braintree had 138 cases over the last two weeks, or 24.9 average daily cases per 100,000 residents, versus 145 cases in last week's report. There have been 3,531 cases of the coronavirus in Braintree. >>MA Town-By-Town Coronavirus Stats: 14 High-Risk Communities Massachusetts labeled just 14 communities as high risk for the coronavirus Thursday in the latest town-by-town report from the Department of Public Health. The seven-day average positive test rate for the state fell slightly to 1.72 percent, the lowest level since October. Statewide case counts, hospitalizations and deaths also all fell. Statewide, a total of 1,589 new cases and 42 deaths were reported Thursday.