BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported another 1,516 confirmed cases of COVID-19 Saturday, bringing the state's total number of confirmed cases to 548,874.
The state DPH also reported another 41 deaths among COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts, upping the state's confirmed coronavirus death toll to 15,744. There have also been 323 deaths reported among probable cases of the virus in the state.
The state's weekly average rate of positive COVID-19 tests has declined from around 3.4 percent at the start of February to 1.85 percent on Saturday. The average positive test rate has been hovering below two percent for a week.
The estimated number of active cases of the virus in Massachusetts, signifying the number of patients with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis in the past 21 days, has dropped to 30,111.
There are currently 785 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across the Commonwealth, 204 of whom are receiving intensive care. 139 are intubated.
According to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Research Center, the U.S. has confirmed more than 28.5 million cases of COVID-19, and more than 511,000 Americans have died of the virus to date.
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Written by Brit Smith
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