The number of COVID-19 inpatients at Tufts Medical Center has officially reached zero, according to hospital officials.
A spokesperson for TMC announced the milestone Tuesday morning, stating that the hospital reached the figure for the first time since March 21, 2020.
Dr. Shira Doron, Chief Infection Control Officer for Tufts Medicine, wasn’t necessarily celebrating, but was smiling as Tufts Medical became the first major Boston hospital with no inpatient COVID cases after 37 months.
“And we can thank immunity and we can thank amazing scientific breakthroughs – vaccines, treatments – that were developed in record time,” Doron added.
Elsewhere in the area, Brigham and Women’s Hospital said they are down to nine COVID-19 inpatients while Mass General Hospital said staff were treating eight patients who are COVID-positive.
Doron said treatments have played a significant role in keeping patients home instead of in the hospital.
“These amazing treatments – if you do get Covid and your higher risk, and you take them, you don’t end up in the hospital,” she explained.
The news comes as the seven-day average of hospitalizations for COVID-19 continues to decline across Massachusetts, reaching 219.7 in total as of April 25, according to the state Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 dashboard.
At its height, the state’s weekly average was over 3,870 hospitalizations in April 2020.
Per data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 2,239,751 cases have been reported in Massachusetts throughout the pandemic and a total of 24,613 deaths.
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