ATTLEBORO — Reported coronavirus cases statewide for the week ending Oct.19 decreased from 970 to 897 from the week ending Oct. 12.
That’s the second consecutive week that reported cases have dipped below 1,000 in months. That’s a decrease of 73 reported cases which is equals 7.52%.
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. 19, reported cases increased by 2, from 34 to 36. That’s a percentage increase of 5.88%.
In week 36, cases exceeded the 22 recorded on June 29 by 14 reported cases.
The last 36 weeks statewide the number has gone from 4,999 to 897 cases, which is a decrease of 82.05%.
In the week ending Oct. 19, one community covered by The Sun Chronicle reported zero cases. That community was Rehoboth.
There were 417 coronavirus tests administered in the 10 communities covered by The Sun Chronicle with 36 positives, which is a percentage of 8.63%.
The average for the 10 communities is 8.06%.
That’s a increase of 25 tests from the 392 recorded in the week of Oct. 12, which equals an increase of 6.37%.
It should be noted that all numbers are not accurate because of the prevalence of home testing kits. Not all the positive cases found through those kits are reported because the intensity of the disease has lessened.
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 51,811 cases. That’s 25.80% 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 25.17%
Norfolk is the lowest at 22.41% and Attleboro is the highest at 29.23%.
In the week ending Oct. 19, the case counts in each of the 10 communities was as follows.
- Attleboro, 10
- Foxboro, 1
- Mansfield, 6
- Norfolk, 1
- North Attleboro, 3
- Norton, 1
- Plainville, 1
- Rehoboth, 0
- Seekonk, 8
- Wrentham, 5.
Statewide, the number was 897 confirmed cases with 222 probable cases.
The number of confirmed deaths statewide for the week of Oct. 19 was 18, and the number of probable deaths was 0. The number of confirmed and probable coronavirus cases statewide since March 2020 is 2,199,637. That’s 31.33% of the state’s 7,020,058 population.
The number of confirmed deaths since March 2020 is 23,700, and the number of confirmed and probable deaths is 30,161. 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 are as follows:
- 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 65 and over, according to the state’s Department of Public Health.
