COVID-19 cases continue to jump across the region, as state health officials on Monday reported more than 8,000 infections over the weekend while virus hospitalizations also rose again.
The state Department of Public Health reported a daily average of 2,875 COVID cases over the weekend, which was up 37% from the daily rate of 2,097 infections during the previous weekend. The daily rate of 2,875 cases is the highest weekend average since the last weekend of January.
The omicron BA.2 variant has contributed to a recent increase in cases. The Boston-area COVID-19 wastewater data had briefly dropped, but the predictive wastewater levels are now rising again.
The state’s positive test average has been rising. The average is now 6.77% — significantly up from 1.6% two months ago. The average for the weekend report was 7.35%.
The state reported one new COVID-19 death, bringing the total recorded death toll to 20,335. The seven-day average of deaths is now five, which had been much higher following the omicron hospitalization surge.
There are now 604 COVID patients hospitalized in the state, an increase of 37 patients from Friday’s count. Hospitalizations had been spiking for several weeks amid the omicron surge, but then plunged. Patient tallies in the past few weeks did start rising again.
The state reported that 54 patients are in intensive care units, and 29 patients are currently intubated.
Of the hospitalized COVID-19 patients statewide, 32% of the patients were reported as being hospitalized due to COVID-19 — and 68% of the patients were reported as testing positive while hospitalized for other reasons.
The state reported that more than 5.3 million people are fully vaccinated, and more than 3 million people have received a booster dose. Also, the state reported 344,010 additional boosters have been administered.
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