Medford's COVID-19 Positivity Rate Decreases To 4.25%

Medford MA

06 May, 2022

11:26 AM

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MEDFORD, MA — Medford's positive COVID-19 test rate is now at 4.25 percent, a 0.5 percent decrease since last week, according to the latest municipal-level data released by the Department of Public Health Thursday. This week, the City of Medford reported a two-week case count of 422 compared to last week's case count of 532. Also over the past week, Medford was adding 49.6 new cases per day per 100,000 people. That's much lower than the 62.5 cases per 100,000 in Medford measured on April 28. On Thursday afternoon, the state Department of Public Health reported 4,376 new coronavirus cases and 13 new deaths. The seven-day average number of hospitalized patients was 494.9, up from 404 last week. The latest state vaccine report showed the number of fully vaccinated residents rose to just under 5.37 million. Over 78 percent are fully vaccinated in Medford, and 89 percent are partially vaccinated. The state releases town-by-town testing data every Thursday, including the number of people tested, the testing rate, the positive test rate, cases and infection rates.