15 new deaths reported Sunday
Now 231 dead, 12,500 cases across Bay State
Fifteen new coronavirus deaths were reported in Massachusetts Sunday, along with more than 750 new cases of the highly contagious disease.
The 15 new deaths bring the Bay State’s coronavirus death toll to 231, the state Department of Public Health announced.
The new reported deaths ranged from men in their 50s to a woman over 100. At least seven of the 15 people had pre-existing conditions.
The state now has 12,500 confirmed cases of the highly contagious disease, an increase of 764 cases since Saturday.
At least 1,145 people in Massachusetts have been hospitalized for the coronavirus.
Suffolk County has the most confirmed cases in Massachusetts with 2,658 cases, followed by Middlesex County with 2,632 cases.
Essex County has 1,506 cases, Norfolk County has 1,271 cases, Worcester County has 978 cases, and Plymouth County has 963 cases.
Boston has had 1,877 confirmed cases and 15 deaths.
The state reported that 551 residents and health care workers at long-term care facilities have now contracted the virus, with 102 facilities reporting at least one case of COVID-19.
An additional 3,137 tests have brought the state’s total to 71,937 tests.
Jon Santiago, an ER doctor at Boston Medical Center who’s also a state representative, tweeted on Sunday that “things are picking up in Boston, not just in volume but in how sick” coronavirus patients are presenting.
“I’ve had a couple of patients … who have been discharged with COVID-19 from the ER or from the hospital and are back, sicker and having a difficult time breathing and oftentimes requiring a breathing tube and a ventilator,” Santiago said in a video.
The U.S. has recorded more than 330,000 cases as of Sunday — the most cases in the world. More than 9,000 Americans have died.
New York is the country’s hotspot with more than 4,000 deaths and 120,000 cases.
There are more than 1.25 million confirmed cases worldwide and more than 69,000 deaths. More than 250,000 people have recovered.