Reported coronavirus cases statewide for the week ending Oct. 5 decreased from 1,687 to 1,326. That’s a decrease of 361 reported cases, which is equals 21.39%.
In the 10 communities covered by The Sun Chronicle — Attleboro, Foxboro, Mansfield, Norfolk, North Attleboro, Norton, Plainville, Rehoboth, Seekonk and Wrentham — in the week ending Oct. 5, reported cases decreased by 24, from 54 to 30. That’s a percentage decrease of 44.44%.
In week 34, cases exceeded the 22 recorded on June 29 by eight reported cases.
Over the last 34 weeks, statewide, the number has gone from 4,999 to 1,326 cases, which is a decrease of 73.47%.
In the week ending Oct. 5, three communities covered by The Sun Chronicle reported zero cases. They were North Attleboro, Rehoboth and Seekonk.
There were 383 coronavirus tests administered in the 10 communities covered by The Sun Chronicle with 30 positives, which is a percentage of 7.83%. The average for the 10 communities is 7.02%.
That’s a decrease of 12 tests from the 395 recorded in the week of Sept. 28, which equals a decrease of 3.03%.
Not all the positive cases found through home-testing are reported to health officials. Also, many people who become ill with COVID-like symptoms — fever, congestion, sneezing, fatigue, body aches, and headaches — don’t bother testing anymore as the virus has weakened and the symptoms are less severe.
For context, the highest number of new cases statewide for one week was recorded on Jan. 14, 2022 at 132,557.
The highest number locally for one week was 3,463, recorded on Jan. 13, 2022.
All told, since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, the area has recorded 51,741 cases. That’s 25.76% of the 200,793 population in the 10 communities covered by The Sun Chronicle.
Percentages of the disease in each community range from 22% to 29% and the average is 25.14%. Norfolk is the lowest, at 22.40%, and Attleboro is the highest, at 29.19%.
In the week ending Oct. 5, the case counts in each of the 10 communities were:
- Attleboro, 9
- Foxboro, 4
- Mansfield, 2
- Norfolk, 2
- North Attleboro, 0
- Norton, 8
- Plainville, 1
- Rehoboth, 0
- Seekonk, 0
- Wrentham, 4
Statewide, the number was 1,326 confirmed cases with 346 probable cases.
The number of confirmed deaths statewide for the week of Oct. 5 was 10 and the number of probable deaths was 0.
The number of confirmed and probable coronavirus cases statewide since March 2020 is 2,197,273. That’s 31.29% of the state’s 7,020,058 population.
The number of confirmed deaths since March 2020 is 23,672 and the number of confirmed and probable deaths is 30,133. That’s a death rate of 1.37%.
A recent poll for the 10 communities covered by The Sun Chronicle reported the total number of deaths at 528. That’s a death rate of 1.02%.
The latest death totals per community covered by The Sun Chronicle were:
- Attleboro, 202
- Foxboro, 30
- Mansfield, 44
- Norfolk, 9
- North Attleboro, 99
- Norton, 18
- Plainville, 23
- Rehoboth, 23
- Seekonk, 15
- Wrentham, 66
Most of the deaths were suffered by those over 65.
