State health officials on Thursday reported 8,224 confirmed COVID cases from the last week, as confirmed virus infections continue to go down across the region.
The state’s daily average of 1,175 COVID cases from the last week is a drop from the daily rate of 1,279 infections during the previous week.
The positive test average had been climbing in recent weeks as the omicron BA.5 subvariant takes over. The seven-day positive test rate is now 7.84%, a bit down from 8.05% a week ago.
The very infectious BA.5 variant is now responsible for 90.5% of new cases in New England, according to this week’s update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s up from 88.5% of new cases last week.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is now reporting its COVID data on a weekly basis, reflecting the evolving COVID response in the state. Previously, the COVID-19 Interactive Data Dashboard had been published five days a week.
The state reported 47 new COVID deaths over the past week, bringing the state’s total to 21,342 recorded deaths since the start of the pandemic. The daily average of deaths is now eight, which is much lower than the daily death rate during the initial omicron surge.
The state reported that 582 total patients are hospitalized with COVID, which is up 22 patients from this time last week.
There are now 64 patients in intensive care units, and 24 patients who are currently intubated.
More than 5.4 million people in the state have been fully vaccinated, and almost 3.2 million people have gotten at least one booster dose. Also, the state reported that 684,168 additional booster doses have been administered.
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