BOSTON (WWLP) – State public health officials reported 8 new confirmed deaths and 1,678 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts.

Total COVID-19 Cases by Age Group:

  • 0-4 years: 1,165
  • 5-9 years: 539
  • 10-14 years: 595
  • 15-19 years: 705
  • 20-29 years: 2,915
  • 30-39 years: 3,224
  • 40-49 years: 2,332
  • 50-59 years: 2,620
  • 60-69 years: 2,227
  • 70-79 years: 1,327
  • 80+ years: 850

Testing:

According to the Department of Public Health, 29,923 new tests were performed with an overall of 46,064,562 molecular tests administered.

Antigen Tests: A total of 2,237 new individuals have tested positive with 5,028,189 total tests reported.

The 7-day average of percent positivity is 6.22%

Hospitalizations:

There are 486 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 with 43 patients that are in intensive care units, 10 patients intubated, 313 (64%) patients that are reportedly fully vaccinated, and 158 (33%) patients were hospitalized for COVID-19-related illness.

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases:

  • New Cases: 1,678
  • Total Cases: 1,767,337
  • New Deaths: 8
  • Total Deaths: 19,717

Probable COVID-19 Cases

  • New Cases: 163
  • Total Cases: 159,206
  • New Deaths: 1
  • Total Deaths: 1,236

Vaccinations:

  • Massachusetts residents fully vaccinated: 5,406,616
  • Booster doses administered: 3,695,682

COVID-19 Cases in Fully Vaccinated Individuals (Updated every Tuesday):

  • 11.3% of all fully vaccinated individuals in Massachusetts have tested positive for COVID-19.
  • 0.18% of fully vaccinated individuals have been hospitalized.
  • 0.06% of fully vaccinated individuals have died from COVID-19.

Hampden County:

  • New Confirmed Cases: 133
  • Total Confirmed Cases: 146,945
  • New Deaths: 1
  • Total Confirmed and Probable Deaths: 1,851

Hampshire County:

  • New Confirmed Cases: 52
  • Total Confirmed Cases: 33,553
  • New Deaths: 0
  • Total Confirmed and Probable Deaths: 366

Franklin County:

  • New Confirmed Cases: 15
  • Total Confirmed Cases: 12,286
  • New Deaths: 0
  • Total Confirmed and Probable Deaths: 149

Berkshire County:

  • New Confirmed Cases: 34
  • Total Confirmed Cases: 28,965
  • New Deaths: 0
  • Total Confirmed and Probable Deaths: 395

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Higher Education (Updated every Thursday):

There are 325 new cases in the last week with a total of 98,762 confirmed COVID-19 cases in higher education institutions. In the last week, there were 14,229 new tests reported with a total of 16,058,061.