Bay State sees 113 more deaths, 1,512 new cases

Massachusetts health officials on Saturday reported that 113 more people have died from the coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases increased by 1,512.

The 113 new deaths bring the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 5,705, the state Department of Public Health announced.

The state now has 84,933 confirmed cases of the highly contagious disease, an increase of 1,512 cases since Friday. Both the death number and the total number of cases are slight upticks over Friday’s totals, but remain far lower than the tallies during the state’s peak in mid-to-late April.

Coronavirus hospitalizations dropped considerably again, a decrease of 75, bringing the statewide total to 2,692. That’s the lowest number of hospitalizations in two months, and is 3% of all cases — including 747 patients who are currently in the ICU, a number that continues to drop.

The state reported 17,989 residents and health care workers at long-term care facilities have now contracted the virus, with 342 facilities reporting at least one case of COVID-19.

Of the state’s 5,592 total coronavirus deaths, 3,487 deaths are connected to long-term care facilities.

Middlesex County has the most infections in the state, with 18,883, with Suffolk, which includes Boston, second with 16,346. Suffolk has a higher rate than Middlesex, which is a hugely populous county to Boston’s north and west.

The state performed 12,410 new tests, for a total of 448,089. Of the new tests, 12% came back positive.

The average age of the people testing positive for the disease in Massachusetts is 53, and is 68 for people hospitalized with it. The average age of people who have died of the disease here is 82.

The U.S. has recorded more than 1.4 million coronavirus cases — the most in the world. More than 88,000 Americans have died.

There are more than 4.6 million confirmed cases worldwide and more than 310,000 deaths.