New Bedford reports 16 total cases of COVID-19 Monday morning

UPDATE: New Bedford has seen its positive COVID-19 cases nearly double from Sunday morning to noon today – going from 13 to 27. This is mostly due to increased testing.

According to the New Bedford Mayor’s office, New Bedford has a total of 16 positive cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, March 30. This is an increase of three since Sunday and four since Saturday. Fall River has reported three new cases since Saturday, bringing the city’s total to 12. The City of Fall River has not updated its numbers for Monday yet.

Bristol County increased from 179 on Saturday to 208 on Sunday – an increase of 29 new COVID-19 cases.

As of 4 pm On Sunday, Public Health officials have tested a total of 39,066 people in Massachusetts resulting in 4,955 positive results of COVID-19 – an increase of 698 new cases since Saturday. Officials also reported four more deaths since yesterday bringing the total deaths in Massachusets to 48. None of the four deaths were in Bristol County. Full details here.