Framingham Reports 21 New Coronavirus Cases, 1 Death

Framingham MA

21 October, 2020

2:01 PM

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FRAMINGHAM, MA — Framingham continues to steadily add new coronavirus cases, with 21 new infections reported on Wednesday. With the 21 new cases, Framingham has 179 total active cases, an improvement from the 191 active cases reported on Monday. Framingham also reported a new COVID-19 death on Wednesday, bringing the citywide total to 142. Wednesday is also the day the state Department of Public Health releases its weekly report on individual communities. It's likely Framingham will remain a high-risk community. As of Monday, the city was adding 14.64 new cases per day over the past 14 days, per 100,000. That number would have to be down below 8 per day on average to qualify Framingham to be removed from the high-risk list. Here's a look at new cases reported by the city dating back to August: Oct. 21 — 21 new casesOct. 19 — 33 new casesOct. 16 — 10 new casesOct. 14 — 67 new casesOct. 12 — No report due to Columbus DayOct. 9 — 30 new casesOct. 7 — 13 new casesOct. 5 — 44 new casesOct. 2 — 25 new casesSept. 30 — 13 new casesSept. 28 — 15 new casesSept. 25 — 26 new casesSept. 23 — 17 new casesSept. 21 — 24 new casesSept. 18 — 15 new casesSept. 16 — 22 new casesSept. 14 — 33 new casesSept. 11 — 27 new casesSept. 9 — 32 new casesSept. 7 — No report due to Labor DaySept. 4 — 8 new casesSept. 2 — 17 new casesAug. 31 — 27 new casesAug. 28 — 21 new casesAug. 26 — 26 new casesAug. 24 — 20 new casesAug. 21 — 21 new casesAug. 19 — 7 new casesAug. 17 — 20 new casesAug. 14 — 12 new casesAug. 12 — 3 new casesAug. 10 — 24 new casesAug. 7 — 4 new casesAug. 5 — 8 new casesAug. 3 — 9 new cases