Arlington's COVID-19 Positivity Rate Increases To 3.49%

ARLINGTON, MA — Arlington's positive COVID-19 test rate is now at 3.49 percent, a 0.63 percent increase since last week, according to the latest municipal-level data released by the Department of Public Health Thursday.

This week, the Town of Arlington reported a two-week case count of 196 compared to last week's case count of 153. Also over the past week, Arlington was adding 30.5 new cases per day per 100,000 people. That's higher than the 23.8 cases per 100,000 in Arlington measured on April 14.

On Thursday afternoon, the state Department of Public Health reported 2,528 new coronavirus cases statewide and 13 new deaths.The seven-day average number of hospitalized patients was 348.6, up from 261 the week before.

The latest state vaccine report showed the number of fully vaccinated residents rose to about 5.35 million. Over 85 percent are fully vaccinated in Arlington, and 94 percent are partially vaccinated.

The state releases town-by-town testing data every Thursday, including the number of people tested, the testing rate, the positive test rate, cases and infection rates.