Massachusetts health officials on Friday reported 14 new coronavirus deaths and 387 new cases as the average positive test rate increased to 2.1% amid warnings of a «slow creep» from Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders.
Massachusetts health officials on Friday reported 14 new coronavirus deaths and 387 new cases as the average positive test rate increased to 2.1% amid warnings from Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders of a “slow creep.”
The seven-day weighted average of the state’s positive test rate has declined from 16.6% on May 1 to 2.1% now, up from 2% on Thursday. Through July until Wednesday, the rate had been below 2%, sometimes dipping down to 1.6%
“We want the slow creep to stop and start trending back down,” Sudders said of the rising positive test rate.
