City Of Framingham: COVID-19 Update, Monday, March 15

Framingham MA

16 March, 2021

4:29 PM

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Press release from the City of Framingham: March 15, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 03/15/2021 For further information, contact:Kelly [email protected] (508) 532-5437M (774) 285-1315 *COVID-19 UPDATE*Since Friday, March 12, 63 Residents have Tested Positive, 25 More have Recovered, and City Learns of One New Fatality Associated with COVID-19; Weekly Food Resource Guide; Health Department Distributes Demographic COVID-19 Data; Reminder - Community Hour Tuesday: Join us to Learn About Targeted Vaccine Efforts in Framingham Since Friday, March 12, 63 residents have tested positive, 25 more have recovered, and the City learns of one new fatality associated with COVID-19: The number of people in the City who have tested positive for COVID-19 is 7,123. With 5,566 recovered and 233 fatalities, Framingham currently has 1,324 active cases. The Framingham Health Department contacts the people who were potentially exposed and the owners of the businesses or places of employment where the potential exposures occurred to inform and counsel them on next steps (contact tracing). In addition to the active cases, the Health Department is following 536 residents in quarantine.  Weekly food resource guide: To better manage the food demand, Framingham's Emergency Food Line's coordinators have developed a weekly guide about residents' food availability. View this week's guide in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, here. The City's Department of Public Health distributes demographic COVID-19 data on all confirmed cases in Framingham since March 1, 2020: Data includes information on confirmed cases by age, gender, race/ethnicity, fatalities, nursing homes, and residential settings. Reference today's data release here. Reminder - Community Hour Tuesday, March 16, at 5 p.m. - Targeted Vaccine Efforts in Framingham: Join Mayor Yvonne M. Spicer and Interim Public Health Department Director Alex DePalo to discuss targeted vaccine efforts in Framingham. Attendees will be able to pose questions during the hour via Zoom's Chat function. If you cannot attend and have questions, please email [email protected] with the subject line: March 16 Community Hour. Click here for information on how to join. A video recording of the Zoom will be available following for those who cannot attend. COVID-19 in Framingham: Information on COVID-19 in Framingham can be found here. To receive information from the City on a mobile device, text "Join FraminghamMA" to 30890. Residents also can find updates on Facebook and Twitter - @Framingham_MA. For questions regarding COVID-19 in Framingham, please call the City's informational line at (508) 532-5411, Mon-Fri., 8:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. If there is an urgent update, the City will employ the "Alert Framingham" phone messaging system, otherwise known as Rave. To sign up for the City's Rave system, please go here: https://www.smart911.com/ Additional Info... This press release was produced by the City of Framingham. The views expressed here are the author's own.