MA Town-By-Town Coronavirus Stats: 500K Booster Doses Given

MASSACHUSETTS — Most coronavirus metrics continued to decline and the state reached 500 thousand booster vaccine doses administered, according to the latest data released by the Department of Public Health.

The majority of communities reported falling positive test rates, according to town-by-town data released Thursday. Twenty-three Massachusetts communities didn't report a single positive test over the last two weeks, down five from the last report.

The Department of Public Health reported 1,586 new coronavirus cases, 23 deaths and 39,468 vaccine doses administered Thursday. Massachusetts has now reported over 800,000 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic.

The rate of decline for most coronavirus metrics appeared to slow over the last week. The positive test rate rose.

The seven-day average number of hospitalized patients was 521.0, down from 529.4 the week prior.

There were 9.1 deaths per day on average over the last week, down from 10 a week before.

The weekly average case count was 977.1 daily cases, down from 1,124.9 a week earlier.

The weekly average positive-test rate rose from 1.69 percent to 1.84 percent.

The lowest positive rate was 0.31 percent on June 25.

Vaccines

The latest vaccine report shows the number of residents who are fully vaccinated has risen to 4.75 million. Another 585,136 residents have received one dose of the two-dose Moderna or Pfizer vaccine.

Booster doses have been given to 543,339 residents, or about 11 percent of the state's fully-vaccinated population.

In total, the state has administered 10,309,654 doses, the state said Thursday.

Over two-thirds of the state's population, 69.9 percent, is fully vaccinated, but some communities lag behind, according to state data. Thirteen communities continue to report that fewer than half their residents are even partially vaccinated, down one from the last report. Compare that with the more than 90 percent of residents fully vaccinated in 12 cities and towns.

How to use this map: Zoom in on the map below and click on a pin to see that community's coronavirus vaccination rates. You can also view the town-by-town coronavirus vaccination data in the spreadsheet we used to create this map.

Colors reflect the percentage of the population fully vaccinated, from under 50 percent, red, to more than 70 percent, green. The state did not report vaccination numbers for the two gray communities. Some communities are grouped together for the purpose of vaccination data.

Note: For dozens of communities, up to 30 vaccinations may be missing from the data, as the state does not report totals for demographic subgroups with fewer than 30 vaccinated. No vaccination data is available for one community with a particularly low population: Gosnold.

The data also does not include 944 of the state's cases because state health officials could not determine which communities the patients lived in.

Other Key Coronavirus Metrics

Of 509 hospitalized patients, there were 147 patients in intensive care Wednesday, up seven from a week prior.

The positive test rate over the last two weeks fell in 198 — or 5.64 percent — of the 351 communities in the state. The rate rose in 121 — or 34.5 percent — of the communities. It held steady in the remaining 32.

Sixty-three percent of communities reported positive test rates higher than 2 percent during the past two weeks, including 29 with test rates above 5 percent — level with last week. The highest rate, 24.5 percent, was reported by Heath.

Statewide, there were 16.5 average daily cases per 100,000 residents over the last two weeks, down from 17.5 in last week's report.

To date, there have been 801,567 cases and 18,671 deaths statewide since the pandemic began.

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The state reported 104,430 new tests Thursday, bringing the total administered to 31.5 million.

The data includes coronavirus cases for all Massachusetts communities, except for those with populations under 50,000 and where there are fewer than five cases. The department said the stipulation was designed to protect the privacy of patients in those towns and cities.

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.

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