Reported coronavirus cases statewide increased by almost 100, from 698 to 794, the week ending June 15. That’s an increase of 96 cases and a percentage increase of 13.75%.
In the 10 communities covered by The Sun Chronicle in the week ending June 15, reported cases decreased by 1, from 18 to 17. That’s a percentage decrease of 5.55%.
The communities are: Attleboro, North Attleboro, Foxboro, Mansfield, Norfolk, Norton, Plainville, Rehoboth, Seekonk and Wrentham.
Reported cases in the 10 communities have ranged from 11 to 22 for 13 weeks.
And it’s the 14th consecutive week the number of reported cases statewide is under 1,000, but the second consecutive week the number of reported cases has gone up.
The last 20 weeks statewide, the number has gone from 4,999 to 794 cases, which is a decrease of 84.11%.
In the week ending June 15, two towns, Norfolk and Norton, had zero reported cases.
There were 217 coronavirus tests administered by health professionals in the 10 communities covered by The Sun Chronicle with 17 positives, which is a percentage of 7.83%, 0.03 points lower than the week ending June 8. Nationwide the positive test percentage is 5.4%.
That’s a decrease of 12 tests from the 229 recorded last week, which equals 5.24%.
The number of COVID-19 cases, however, is not accurate. Not all positive cases found through home-testing are reported to health officials. Also, many people who become ill with COVID-like symptoms don’t even bother with home testing as the virus has weakened and the symptoms have become 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 50,933 cases. That’s 25.36% 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% (rounded up) and the average is 24.75%
Norfolk is the lowest, at 22.01%, and Attleboro is the highest, at 28.70%.
In the week ending June 15, the case counts in each of the 10 communities was as follows.
- Attleboro, 4
- Foxboro, 2
- Mansfield, 1
- Norfolk, 0
- North Attleboro, 3
- Norton, 0
- Plainville, 1
- Rehoboth, 1
- Seekonk, 2
- Wrentham, 3
Statewide, the number was 794 confirmed cases, with 237 probable cases for a total statewide of 2,157,942 confirmed and probable cases since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.
The number of confirmed deaths statewide for the week of June 15 was five, and the number of probable deaths was zero.
The number of confirmed deaths statewide since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 is 23,482 and the number of confirmed and probable deaths is 29,994.
A recent poll for the 10 communities covered by The Sun Chronicle reported the total number of deaths at 520. That’s a death rate of 1.02%.
Death totals per community covered by The Sun Chronicle are as follows:
- Attleboro, 199
- Foxboro, 29
- Mansfield, 44
- Norfolk, 8
- North Attleboro, 96
- Norton, 18
- Plainville, 22
- Rehoboth, 23
- Seekonk, 15
- Wrentham, 66
Most of the deaths caused by the virus occur in people over the age of 65.
New statistics were submitted regarding rate of positive tests which were up 0.8% and emergency room visits, which were up 0.6%.
Hospital admissions for the week ending June 15 showed no change and deaths showed no change. The percentage rate for all deaths nationwide is 1.1%.
