Framingham Announces 155 New COVID Cases & 3 New Deaths Since Friday

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FRAMINGHAM – The City of Framingham announced 155 new COVID-19 cases since Friday, January 8

Since the pandemic, there have been 190 deaths, as the city announced three new deaths today, January 11.

Framingham has had a total of 5,577 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. Framingham has about 75,000 residents.

That means about 7.5% of the City has been diagnosed with COVID-19 in 2020.

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The good news is 4,106 individuals have recovered.

Active cases in the City of Framingham has increased from 1,239 to 1,281.

Individuals in quarantine is at 572.

 Last month, a free COVID testing site opened at Framingham State University’s parking lot on Franklin Street. It is drive-thru and by appointment only, through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Project Beacon.

Openings for testing have been extremely limited since December 20, due to the holidays, and continue to be limited.

The Framingham residents-only free COVID testing site opened at SMOC HQ at 7 Bishop Street ended in 2020. No new walk-up testing site has been announced for 2021.

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