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While COVID-19 related deaths and positive test numbers dominate the headlines, not much attention is given to those who have recovered or left quarantine. Here’s a look at the numbers in Massachusetts and around the world.
As of April 8, the Massachusetts Public Health Department reported that the state added 1,588 more positive cases of COVID-19 bringing to total to 15,202. This is an increase over Tuesday’s 1,365 reported cases. 77 new COVID-19 related deaths were reported since yesterday bringing the total deaths in Massachusetts to 433. Full details here.
Governor Baker has repeatedly stated that the worst is yet to come between 10-20 April, so prepared for a spike in testing, confirmed cases and death. Yesterday, Mayor Jon Mitchell reported New Bedford’s first two COVID-19 related deaths. Details here.
As of April 7, 13,027 individuals in Massachusetts have been quarantined with 5,402 of those completing the monitoring and no longer in quarantine. 7,625 individuals are currently undergoing monitoring/under quarantine. Across America, there have been 432,438 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 14,808 COVID-19 related deaths. 24,125 have recovered. Worldwide, there have been a total of 1,498,833 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 89,733 total deaths and 337,074 recovered.
Testing capacity in Massachusetts has been increasing almost daily. As of April 8, 87,511 people in Massachusetts have been tested for COVID-19 – 6,167 in the past 24 hours, a sharp rise over the previous day’s total of 4,915.
I’m not a doctor or an expert on this disease, so I won’t provide an analysis of these numbers. I just think it’s important to start reporting the COVID-19 recovery numbers.
