Falmouth Coronavirus Rate Falls: Latest State Numbers

Falmouth MA

15 October, 2020

9:47 AM

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FALMOUTH, MA — Sixty-three communities were designated high-risk in the new town-by-town data released by the state Wednesday. Falmouth wasn't one of those communities and saw its case count and positive test rate head in the right direction. State rules mean that high-risk communities, plus others that were high-risk in the last two updates, cannot move on to the next phase of reopening. Towns were marked high-risk, or red, if they reported more than eight confirmed COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents over the past two weeks. Those 63 communities pushed the state's own coronavirus threat to red as a whole. The state as a reported over eight average daily cases per 100,000 residents over the last two weeks. The state kept Falmouth's coronavirus threat level at "green," meaning it averaged less than four daily cases per 100,000 people over the last two weeks. Falmouth averaged 3.4 new daily cases per 100,000 residents. The positive test rate over the last two weeks increased in 168 — or 47.9 percent — of the 351 communities in the state. The rate fell in 80 — or 22.8 percent — communities and held steady in the remaining 103. Falmouth's case count over the last 14 days was 15, bringing the total number of cases to 286, according to state data. The town has conducted 2,209 tests over the past two weeks, 16 of which came back positive. There have been 16,910 tests conducted overall in Falmouth. The town's percent positive rate over the last two weeks rose was .66 percent. Health officials say positive test results need to stay below 5 percent for two weeks or longer and, preferably, be closer to 2 percent, for states to safely ease restrictions. View the state's interactive COVID-19 map.