Town Of Hingham Publishes Coronavirus Update For March 23

Hingham MA

25 March, 2021

8:27 AM

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Press release from the Town of Hingham: March 23, 2021 According to public health data from the MA Department of Public Health (DPH) released last week, the Town's designation remains "yellow," indicating a "medium risk" of spread in the community. There have been 81 new cases of COVID-19 in Hingham over the past 14 days, and a total of 1,699 cases in Hingham since the start of the pandemic. The average daily incidence rate for the Town of Hingham was 24.1 per 100,000 residents, and our percent positivity rate was 2.67% for the previous 14 days. As of today, confirmed COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts totaled 582,159. Public health metrics have been trending in a positive direction statewide, including drops in average daily COVID-19 cases and hospitalization rates. However, those rates remain higher than they were before the surge hit in fall 2020. Vaccine Rollout & Reopening Plans According to DPH's daily COVID-19 vaccine report, over 1,110,000 people in Massachusetts have been fully vaccinated as of today. As we mentioned last week, DPH has started to report vaccination rates by community on a weekly basis. As of March 18, approximately 16.8% of Hingham residents have been fully vaccinated. Last week, DPH announced the schedule for vaccine eligibility for all remaining groups in Massachusetts as follows: Yesterday, March 22nd: Residents 60+ and certain workers, including public works, public health, water, and utility workers, became eligible for the vaccine. April 5th: Residents 55+ and residents with one certain medical condition become eligible. April 19th: General public ages 16+ become eligible. This press release was produced by the Town of Hingham. The views expressed here are the author's own.