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Massachusetts reports 10% jump in COVID cases, hospitalizations eclipse 700 patients
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State well being officers on Tuesday reported practically 3,000 new COVID-19 circumstances, as infections proceed to rise within the Bay State whereas virus hospitalizations surpassed 700 sufferers for the primary time in months.
The state Division of Public Well being reported 2,909 COVID-19 circumstances, a ten% improve from 2,651 infections recorded final Tuesday. Well being officers have been warning that the omicron BA.2 “stealth” variant is spreading across the area.
The Boston-area COVID wastewater knowledge had taken a dip, however the virus wastewater ranges are actually rising once more. State well being officers have been encouraging folks to get a booster shot to get extra safety from the variants.
The state’s common % positivity is now 7.58%, considerably up from the speed of 1.6% two months in the past. The optimistic check common for Tuesday’s depend was a lot increased at 10.16%.
State well being officers reported 21 COVID deaths, bringing the state’s complete recorded loss of life toll to twenty,357. The 21 new deaths are from Saturday by way of Monday. The each day common of COVID deaths is now six. The loss of life fee had been a lot increased after omicron hospitalizations surged.
After COVID hospitalizations jumped by 98 sufferers, the state’s total affected person depend is now 702 sufferers. Hospitalizations are rising after a number of weeks of elevated circumstances. The final time the state had greater than 700 complete hospitalizations was in mid-February.
There are actually 56 coronavirus sufferers in intensive care items, and 26 sufferers are intubated throughout the state.
Of the full 702 hospitalized sufferers, 34% of the sufferers had been primarily hospitalized for COVID, whereas 66% of the sufferers had been thought-about incidental circumstances.
Within the state’s weekly breakthrough report, the state reported 28,797 breakthrough infections final week — a 162% surge from the ten,982 totally vaccinated circumstances through the prior week.
There was a one-week improve of 225 totally vaxxed sufferers, up from the earlier weekly improve of 148 totally vaxxed sufferers. The state additionally reported a one-week improve of 23 deaths, up from 13 deaths within the earlier week.
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Massachusetts housing crisis takes center stage in Revere apartment condemnation
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EEE map for Massachusetts shows towns at highest risk level for mosquito-borne virus
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BOSTON – Heading into Labor Day weekend, multiple towns in Massachusetts are facing critical or high risk levels of the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE. A map published by the state’s Department of Public Health shows the EEE threat for every community in the state.
EEE cases in Massachusetts
Massachusetts on Thursday reported its second human case of EEE in a woman in her 30s. She contracted the virus in Plymouth County, before the area was aerial sprayed for mosquitos. A EEE case in a horse was also confirmed there.
Many towns around Plymouth have a EEE risk level of moderate or high, according to the map. And some towns in southern Worcester County are at a critically high risk of EEE because a man in his 80s was infected with EEE there.
Earlier this week, 41-year-old Steven Perry from Hampstead, New Hampshire – not far from the Massachusetts border – died from EEE. His family said he had no underlying health conditions but developed severe central nervous system disease and died days later.
EEE risk level in Massachusetts towns
As of Friday afternoon, these were the Massachusetts communities listed as having a moderate, high or critical EEE risk level.
Critical: Douglas, Oxford, Sutton, Webster
High: Carver, Dudley, Middleboro, Northbridge, Plymouth, Uxbridge
Moderate: Acushnet, Amesbury, Auburn, Berkley, Bridgewater, Charlton, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, Grafton, Groveland, Halifax, Haverhill, Hopedale, Hudson, Kingston, Lakeville, Leicester, Mariion, Marlboro, Mattapoisett, Maynard, Mendon, Merrimac, Millbury, Milford, Millville, New Bedford, Newburyport, North Reading, Plympton, Raynham, Rochester, Salisbury, Southbridge, Sudbury, Taunton, Upton, West Newbury, Wareham, Westport
What are the symptoms of EEE?
EEE is a rare disease, but about 30% of those who get infected die, according to the CDC. Most people don’t show symptoms, but those that do can have fever or brain swelling.
Symptoms can include headache, vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, behavioral changes and drowsiness.
To avoid mosquito bites, experts recommend using insect repellent, wearing long sleeves, staying indoors at dusk and dawn when mosquitoes are active, and draining standing water.
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