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FRAMINGHAM – The City of Framingham today, December 22, announced 430 new COVID-19 cases since last week.
Last week, the City reported 281 new cases, and 234 cases the week before.
There has been a 53% increase in covid-19 cases in the last week.
The City of Framingham said it now has 660 active cases, up from 408 last week, and 310 the week before.
Framingham has had a total of 10,557 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. Framingham has about 72,500 residents., according to the official census.
That means more than 14% of the City has been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the pandemic began in March 2020.
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The City did not announce how many individuals in quarantine.
The City of Framingham is now reporting 9,572 individuals have recovered from the coronavirus.
Framingham Health Director Alex DePalo told SOURCE “cases are moved into a Recovered status when the individual has completed isolation and is not experiencing any COVID symptoms (including fever without a fever-reducing medication). Isolation is a minimum of 10 days however it can be longer if symptoms persist or if the individual becomes severely ill. It is a case by case determination.”
Since the pandemic, began 258 individuals have died from COVID-19 in the City of Framingham, as the city announced three new deaths today, December 22.
The City’s equity vaccine initiative has vaccinated 8,037 in 2021, up 570 since last week.
MetroWest Medical Center