BOSTON (WHDH) – The Department of Public Health reported 1,803 newly confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday.
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A total of 534,827 cases have been reported so far in Massachusetts with an estimated 38,666 active cases. The seven-day average positivity rate of 2.13 percent dropped .07 percent from Wednesday’s report.
A total of 61 new deaths were confirmed, elevating the confirmed virus-related death toll to 15,373 statewide.
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One thousand, and twenty-nine people are currently hospitalized and 271 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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As of Feb. 17, 6,468 people under the age of 19 have tested positive. The highest rate of positives per age group.
Ages 20-29 came in next with 5,433, followed by 30-39 year-olds at 4,374. The lowest reported age group was those over 80 with just 954 confirmed cases.
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