Newton’s COVID-19 Positivity Rate Rises To 6.29%

NEWTON, MA — Newton's positive COVID-19 test rate is now at 6.29 percent, a 0.93 percent increase since last week, according to the latest municipal-level data released by the Department of Public Health Thursday.

This week, the City of Newton reported a two-week case count of 592 compared to last week's case count of 459. Also over the past week, Newton was adding 46.1 new cases per day per 100,000 people. That's higher than the 35.8 cases per 100,000 in Newton measured on May 5.

On Thursday afternoon, the state Department of Public Health reported 5,576 new coronavirus cases and 16 new deaths. The seven-day average number of hospitalized patients was 664.1, up from 494.9 last week.

The latest state vaccine report showed the number of fully vaccinated residents rose to over 5.37 million. Over 89 percent are fully vaccinated in Newton, and 95 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.