No new coronavirus deaths
Also lowest single-day case count since last March
Massachusetts health officials on Sunday reported zero coronavirus deaths and 33 new virus cases, which is the Bay State’s lowest ever single-day case count since last March at the start of the pandemic.
The state keeps recording pandemic-low averages amid the vaccine rollout.
After Sunday’s report of zero COVID-19 deaths and 33 new cases, the seven-day average of confirmed deaths is four and the seven-day average of confirmed cases is 84. Both are record low averages for virus deaths and infections.
The seven-day average of percent positivity for virus testing has dropped to 0.42%, which is also a record low.
The total number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital is also at a record low. The 133 patients currently hospitalized is down three patients from Saturday, when the state reached a new low for the pandemic. There are 48 patients in the intensive care unit, and 27 patients are intubated.
Nearly 8.3 million total vaccine doses have been administered, and more than 3.9 million people are fully vaccinated, according to the daily vaccine report on Sunday.
Overall, the almost 8.3 million total doses administered breaks down to: more than 4.3 million people who have received one dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine; nearly 3.7 million people who have received both doses of Pfizer or Moderna; and 263,923 people who have received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Those figures represent a daily increase of 15,438. The daily pace of the vaccine rollout has slowed considerably, as the state inches toward its goal of 4.1 million fully vaccinated people this month.
After the tally of 33 new virus cases, the state’s count of estimated active COVID19 cases has now plunged to 2,695 cases, a significant decline from 36,775 cases last month.
The state’s total recorded death toll from the coronavirus is 17,939.