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Falmouth Adds 29 New Coronavirus Cases, Remains Lower Risk

Falmouth is still at lower risk, but its positive test rate did increase since last week.

FALMOUTH, MA — Falmouth added 29 coronavirus cases over the last two weeks, bringing it to over 300 confirmed cases, according to town-by-town data released by the state. But the town remained in the lower-risk category, averaging 6.6 daily cases per 100,000 residents, with a test rate of 1.38 percent.

That's up from 5.7 average daily cases and a test rate of 1.01 percent last week. There have been 339 cases in Falmouth since March.

>>MA Town-By-Town Coronavirus Stats: High-Risk List Doubles

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Sixty-two Massachusetts communities were designated high-risk by the state on Thursday, more than doubling the list of red towns. More than three-quarters of the state's cities and towns reported rising positive test rates.

There have been 10,204 confirmed deaths and 192,050 confirmed cases statewide since the pandemic reached the Bay State in March. The statewide positive test rate rose to 3.2 percent, the highest level since early June.

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