Framingham Reporting 1,524 Active COVID Cases & 715 Individuals in Quarantine

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FRAMINGHAM – The City of Framingham announced today, 47 new COVID-19 cases since Wednesday, April 14.

That is almost 350 new cases in the month of April.

Since the pandemic, there have been 242 deaths.

On April 1, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts moved the City of Framingham back into the red, designating the community as a high-risk for the spread of the coronavirus.

Framingham was downgraded to a yellow or moderate risk community last night.

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Framingham has had a total of 7,955 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. Framingham has about 74,000 residents.

That means more 10.5% of the City has been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the pandemic began a year ago this month.

The good news is 6,189 individuals have recovered.

Last month, Gov. Baker announced that the public, age 16 and older, would be eligible for the vaccine starting April 19.

Active cases in the City of Framingham increased from 1,504 to 1,524.

Individuals in quarantine increased from 663 to 715.