Wakefield COVID Numbers Heading In Wrong Direction

Wakefield MA

19 November, 2021

11:43 AM

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WAKEFIELD, MA — The COVID-19 resurgence in Massachusetts hasn't spared Wakefield, which is seeing a significant 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. Wakefield has seen more than 3,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 116 the past two weeks as infections continue to increase in recent health reports. Overall there have been 3,180 cases in town since the start of the pandemic. The town's 14-day positive test rate has spiked to 4.15 percent, well over the 2.68 percent in the Oct. 28 report. The 14-day average daily incidence rate has been steadily increasing, now sitting at 30.6 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. Wednesday's report showed the highest single-week case count for schools on record. Wakefield residents ages 5-11 can get vaccinated at a Saturday clinic in the Galvin Middle School.