BOSTON (WHDH) - The Department of Public Health reported 5,130 newly confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday.
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A total of 264,454 cases have been reported so far in Massachusetts with an estimated 63,362 active cases and a seven-day average positivity rate of 5.67 percent.
Forty-one new deaths were confirmed, elevating the confirmed virus-related death toll to 10,963statewide.
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One thousand six hundred and seven people are currently hospitalized and 307 are currently receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit. The average age of hospitalized persons is 69.
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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From Nov. 22 through Dec. 5, 9,746 people between the ages of 20-29 have tested positive. The highest rate of positives per age group.
Ages 0-19 came in next with 8,201, followed by 30-39 year-olds at 8,174. The lowest reported age group was those over 80 with just 1,676 confirmed cases in that two-week period.
On Wednesday, health officials announced 5,675 new cases and 89 deaths.
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