BOSTON (WHDH) - The Department of Public Health reported 7,136 newly confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday.
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A total of 393,188 cases have been reported so far in Massachusetts with an estimated 81,604 active cases and a seven-day average positivity rate of 7.83 percent.
A total of 71 new deaths were confirmed, elevating the confirmed virus-related death toll to 12,634 statewide.
Two thousand, three hundred and eighty-six people are currently hospitalized and 455 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 January 6, 10,220 people under the age of 19 have tested positive. The highest rate of positives per age group.
Ages 20-29 came in next with 10,124, followed by 30-39 year-olds at 9,375. The lowest reported age group was those over 80 with just 2,629 confirmed cases.
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