Framingham Reports 60th Death Due to COVID-19; Almost 1,300 Coronavirus Cases

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FRAMINGHAM – Four of the 33 deaths announced by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts today, May 12, due to COVID-19 are from the City of Framingham,

The City of Framingham announced four more COVID-19 fatalities today, Tuesday, May 12.

That is 18 deaths in the last five days.

In total, there have been 60 deaths due to COVID-19 or complications from the virus.

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The City also reported a dozen new positive coronavirus cases today.

The City now has had 1,294 individuals test positive since the pandemic began.

The good news is 426 individual have recovered.

The city now has 808 active cases as of May 12.

In addition to the active cases, the Framingham Health Department currently is following 291 residents in quarantine.

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It is unknown how many individuals have been tested for the virus in Framingham.

There are more than 70,000 residents in the City of Framingham.

The City said via its spokesperson it does not have “Framingham-specific information on how many of our residents are being tested.  The state receive statewide information from all testing labs on the number of tests conducted each day.  We, nor any individual community, receive community-specific information from any testing lab.”