Waltham's COVID-19 Positivity Rate Now At 4.36%, Cases Rise

Waltham MA

20 May, 2022

9:10 AM

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WALTHAM, MA — Waltham's positive COVID-19 test rate is now at 4.36 percent, a 0.87 percent increase since last week, according to the latest municipal-level data released by the Department of Public Health Thursday. This week, the City of Waltham reported a two-week case count of 523 compared to last week's case count of 455. Also over the past week, Waltham was adding 56.2 new cases per day per 100,000 people. That's higher than the 48.9 cases per 100,000 in Waltham measured on May 12. On Thursday afternoon, the state Department of Public Health reported 4,957 new coronavirus cases and 14 new deaths. On Wednesday, a total of 866 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Massachusetts. The latest state vaccine report showed the number of fully vaccinated residents is 5.37 million. Over 73 percent are fully vaccinated in Waltham, and 84 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.