BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — The Commonwealth reached a major Covid-19 milestone on Saturday.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported that the state's 7-day average positivity rate for the virus fell to 0.99 percent -- down from 1.05 percent the previous day.
It is the first time the weighted average has fallen below 1 percent since September of 2020.
When it comes to the other Covid-19 numbers, the DPH reported 405 newly confirmed cases of the virus on Saturday out of 49,584 new molecular tests.
As of Saturday evening, 281 patients are being hospitalized for Covid-19, including 81 people in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Five more people died from the virus on Saturday, bringing the total number of people who have died from Covid-19 in Massachusetts to 17,458.
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Written by Rachel Armany
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