BOSTON (WHDH) - The Department of Public Health reported 1,316 newly confirmed coronavirus cases on Sunday.
A total of 539,644 cases have been reported so far in Massachusetts with an estimated 35,874 active cases. The seven-day average positivity rate of 1.86 percent dropped 0.16 percent from Thursday’s report.
A total of 46 new deaths were confirmed, elevating the confirmed virus-related death toll to 15,508 statewide.
Nine hundred and twenty-seven people are currently hospitalized and 234 are currently receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit.
The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person, typically between people who are in close contact with one another and via respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
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