COVID-19 cases up 39% on South Shore, rising 4th straight week; numbers up in 23 towns
QUINCY – All across the South Shore, COVID-19 rates have increased in the latest Massachusetts Department of Public Health report on cases by municipality.
Overall, the number of new cases in the region rose by 38.6% according to the report that was released Thursday. The new case counts rose in each of the 23 municipalities surveyed.
The number of cases in the region over the two week period covered by the report, which ended April 16, was 1,386, up from 1,000 the previous period. The new case number is more than 2½ times the March 19 count, the low point in 2022, and a fraction of the 20,000 cases at the height of the omicron surge three months ago.
The state's count only includes lab-confirmed cases, not ones found with home test kits.
Cohasset and Norwell had case rates above the statewide average of 24.8 daily cases per 100,000 people.
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The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Massachusetts increased over a week ago, from 307 to 384 patients on Thursday. But the most serious cases fell slightly, with 27 patients in intensive care units and 11 on breathing equipment.
Statewide, 2,528 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Thursday's daily summary from the state health department, bringing the statewide count to 1,598,541 since the pandemic began over two years ago to 1,598,541.
There were 13 new deaths from COVID-19 reported Thursday, bringing the total for the pandemic to 19,098 in Massachusetts. There were 46 deaths from COVID-19 in the past week.
The following is a list of the number of cases by community for the two weeks ending April 16, the average daily rate of cases per 100,000 people over the two-week period and the total number of cases since the pandemic began. The statistics do not include the results of home tests.
Abington: 45 cases; 17.6 rate; 3,864 total
Braintree: 122 cases; 22 rate; 8,894 total
Carver: 16 cases; 9.3 rate; 2,210 total
Cohasset: 28 cases; 27.2 rate; 1,161 total
Duxbury: 34 cases; 16.1 rate; 2,520 total
Halifax: 21 cases; 19.6 rate; 1,473 total
Hanover: 45 cases; 22.4 rate; 4,090 total
Hanson: 21 cases; 13.9 rate; 2,246 total
Hingham: 66 cases; 19.6 rate; 4,236 total
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Holbrook: 23 cases; 14.5 rate; 2,612 total
Hull: 20 cases; 14.6 rate; 1,355 total
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Kingston: 20 cases; 10.5 rate; 2,889 total
Marshfield: 52 cases; 14.3 rate; 4,364 total
Milton: 84 cases; 20.9 rate; 5,808 total
Norwell: 40 cases; 26.7 rate; 2,084 total
Pembroke: 52 cases; 19.8 rate; 3,618 total
Plymouth: 116 cases; 13.2 rate; 13,174 total
Quincy: 227 cases; 16 rate; 18,470 total
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Randolph: 81 cases; 16.8 rate; 9,587 total
Rockland: 33 cases; 13 rate; 4,284 total
Scituate: 42 cases; 16.6 rate; 2,909 total
Weymouth: 167 cases; 21.2 rate; 11,830 total
Whitman: 31 cases; 14.2 rate; 3,347 total
This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Rise in South Shore COVID-19 cases continues for fourth week
