Reported coronavirus cases statewide for the week ending Sept. 7 decreased to 2,002, from 2,106 from the week ending Aug. 31. That’s a drop of 104 reported cases, or 4.93%.
In the 10 communities covered by The Sun Chronicle — Attleboro, Foxboro, Mansfield, Norfolk, North Attleboro, Norton, Plainville, Rehoboth, Seekonk and Wrentham — reported cases decreased by 13, from 63 to 50, in the week ending Sept. 7. That’s a drop of 20.63%.
In week 30 of 2024, cases exceeded the 22 recorded on June 29 by 28 reported cases.
The last 30 weeks statewide the number has gone from 4,999 to 2,002 cases, which is a decrease of 59.95%.
In the week ending Sept. 7, no communities covered by The Sun Chronicle reported zero cases. There were 292 coronavirus tests administered in the 10 communities covered by The Sun Chronicle with 50 positives which is a percentage of 17.12%. The average for the 10 communities is 15.02%. That’s a decrease of 38 tests from the 330 recorded in the week of Aug. 31, which equals 11.51%.
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 51,533 cases. That’s 25.66% 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 25.05%. Norfolk is the lowest at 22.24% and Attleboro is the highest at 29.07%.
In the week ending Sept. 7, the case counts in each of the 10 communities were:
- Attleboro, 16
- Foxboro, 5
- Mansfield, 4
- Norfolk, 2
- North Attleboro, 8
- Norton, 3
- Plainville, 2
- Rehoboth, 2
- Seekonk, 2
- Wrentham, 6
Statewide, the number was 2,002 confirmed cases with 501 probable cases.
The number of confirmed deaths statewide for the week of Sept. 7 was 13, and the number of probable deaths was 1.
The number of confirmed and probable coronavirus cases statewide since March 2020 is 2,187,793. That’s 31.16% of the state’s 7,020,058 population.
The number of confirmed deaths since March 2020 is 23,613 and the number of confirmed and probable deaths is 30,071. That’s a death rate of 1.3%.
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 1.01%. Neither Norton or Seekonk responded with updated death totals last week.
Death totals per community covered by The Sun Chronicle were:
- Attleboro, 202
- Foxboro, 30
- Mansfield, 44
- Norfolk, 9
- North Attleboro, 99,
- Norton, 18 (not updated)
- Plainville, 23
- Rehoboth, 23
- Seekonk, 15 (not updated)
- Wrentham, 66
Most of the deaths were suffered by those 65 and over, according to the state’s Department of Public Health.
