Burlington COVID Numbers, Like The Rest Of MA, Trending Wrong Way

Burlington MA

19 November, 2021

12:07 PM

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BURLINGTON, MA — The COVID-19 resurgence in Massachusetts hasn't spared Burlington, which is seeing a steady increase of cases as the holidays approach. The Department of Public Health's weekly coronavirus report — the last before Thanksgiving — was released Thursday. The virus metrics are up across the board. Burlington has seen 66 confirmed COVID-19 cases the past two weeks. Overall there have been 2,495 cases in the town since the start of the pandemic. The town's 14-day positive test rate was 2.58 percent, almost a percentage point higher than the Oct. 28 report. The 14-day average daily incidence rate has been steadily increasing, now sitting at 16.9. The entire state is experiencing another surge of the pandemic, with back-to-back days of the highest confirmed case counts since before the vaccine was widely available to the general public. Thursday's report showed the highest single-week case count for schools on record.