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BROCKTON After four weeks in the yellow, at moderate risk for COVID-19, Brockton will again be elevated to the highest risk category and into the red on Thursday.
When the Massachusetts Department of Public Health releases its Weekly Public Health Report on Thursday evening, Brockton is expected to have had about 28.2 cases per day per 100,000 residents and a 4.21 percent test positivity rate from March 14 to 27, according to Dr. Richard Herman, the city s pandemic consultant.
Communities that have more than 50,000 residents, which Brockton does, have to have both a test positivity rate over 4 percent and more than 10 cases per day per 100,000 people over two weeks to be in the high-risk red.
Updated on April 2, 2021 at 7:30 pm
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The update puts the total of confirmed cases at 602,792 and the death toll at 16,908, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Another 341 deaths are considered probably linked to COVID-19.
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The seven-day average positive ticked up from 2.49% in Thursday s data to 2.55 on Friday. That figure had been below 2% as recently as March 16.
The number of patients in Massachusetts hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 cases increased again. Of the 700 people hospitalized, 160 were listed as being in intensive care units and 90 were intubated, according to health officials.
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2,263 new COVID-19 cases, 30 additional deaths reported in Massachusetts
97,690 vaccine doses administered, according to latest daily report Share Updated: 5:02 PM EDT Apr 3, 2021
2,263 new COVID-19 cases, 30 additional deaths reported in Massachusetts
97,690 vaccine doses administered, according to latest daily report Share Updated: 5:02 PM EDT Apr 3, 2021
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE
97,690 vaccine doses administered, according to latest daily report Share Updated: 5:02 PM EDT Apr 3, 2021 The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 2,263 confirmed COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the statewide total to 605,055 since the start of the pandemic.State health officials also added 30 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths to the state s total, which is now 16,938.Saturday s vaccination report set a new record for the state with 97,690 doses administered. So far, a total of 4.51 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been shi
Karle Heine has one word for bands playing music without singing: “Boring.”
The owner of New World Tavern in Plymouth thinks the state regulation preventing performers from crooning while playing their instruments is not helping his business during the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The customers don’t care for it,” he says. “They want to experience the whole act. The musicians are doing the best they can, but it doesn’t have the same pizzazz. It’s hurting us not letting them sing. People want to see the whole show.”
Others in the food trade – as well as performers – are in agreement. While they are on board with protecting people from infection during this age of coronavirus, most believe an outright ban on singing is unnecessary since workarounds are possible.