Newton’s COVID-19 Positivity Rate Rises To 6.56%, Cases Plateau

NEWTON, MA — Newton's positive COVID-19 test rate is now at 6.56 percent, a 0.12 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 299 compared to last week's case count of 301. Also over the past week, Newton was adding 23.3 new cases per day per 100,000 people. That’s about the same as the 23.4 cases per 100,000 in Newton measured on June 30.

On Thursday afternoon, the state Department of Public Health reported 1,915 new coronavirus cases, eight deaths and 7,864 vaccine doses administered.

The latest state vaccine report showed the number of fully vaccinated residents is 5.41 million. Booster doses were given to about 3.12 million residents.

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.