State death toll tops 5,800
Massachusetts health officials on Monday reported that 65 more people have died from the coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases increased by 1,042 — on the first day of Phase 1 for reopening the state’s economy.
Coronavirus hospitalizations continued to drop, a decrease of 64 patients, bringing the Bay State COVID-19 hospitalization total to 2,533. The statewide hospitalization total has declined by 1,029 since May 5.
The 65 new deaths bring the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 5,862, the state Department of Public Health announced.
The state has logged 87,052 confirmed cases of the highly contagious disease, an increase of 1,042 cases since Sunday.
At least 2,533 people in Massachusetts are currently being hospitalized for the coronavirus — and 674 patients are currently in the ICU.
The highest peak of Massachusetts coronavirus hospitalizations was 3,965 on April 21.
An additional 8,373 tests have brought the state’s total to 469,199 tests.
Middlesex County has the most confirmed cases in Massachusetts with 19,345 cases, followed by Suffolk County with 16,671 cases.
The state reported 18,257 residents and health care workers at long-term care facilities have now contracted the virus, with 343 facilities reporting at least one case of COVID-19.
Of the state’s 5,862 total coronavirus deaths, 3,574 deaths are connected to long-term care facilities.
The U.S. has recorded nearly 1.5 million coronavirus cases — the most cases in the world. Nearly 90,000 Americans have died, and more than 272,000 have recovered.
New York is the country’s hot spot with more than 28,200 deaths and 351,000 cases.
There are more than 4.7 million confirmed cases worldwide and more than 316,000 deaths. More than 1.7 million people have recovered.