Massachusetts COVID-19 cases continue to rise since hitting their lowest point in mid-March, but state health officials say the slight increase is very manageable, with 263 hospitalizations reported Tuesday. Massachusetts DPH Commissioner Margret Cooke classified the increase as a small uptick, but nothing close to the surge experienced in Massachusetts in late December and January. Cooke also said the state has no plans to reinstitute any mask mandates. Cooke said the state will hold vaccine clinics at family-friendly events during April school vacation week. She said in February, the state rolled out a smaller version and had amazing success in reaching people who hadn’t been vaccinated in the past.See list of COVID-19 vaccination clinicsCOVID-19 metrics in Boston and across Massachusetts have been trending upwards in recent weeks with the city’s percent positivity rate crossing the 5 percent threshold officials set as a way to measure how the virus is spreading in the city. The Boston Public Health Commission reported a 5.9 percent positivity rate, according to data updated Tuesday.Boston mayor Michelle Wu said the city is keeping a close eye on COVID-19 metrics. When asked if an indoor mask mandate would return, she said, “We’re not there yet.”Doctors are not overly concerned about the recent increases in COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts, In fact, they’re not calling it a surge. They do say that those who are immunocompromised, really need to be on guard. “This is a gentle rise in cases, not a spike, but there are more cases now than there were last week or the week before,” Dr. Shira Doron said. “So, you know, it is it is something that people who are high risk should be aware of.”
Massachusetts COVID-19 cases continue to rise since hitting their lowest point in mid-March, but state health officials say the slight increase is very manageable, with 263 hospitalizations reported Tuesday.
Massachusetts DPH Commissioner Margret Cooke classified the increase as a small uptick, but nothing close to the surge experienced in Massachusetts in late December and January.
Cooke also said the state has no plans to reinstitute any mask mandates.
Cooke said the state will hold vaccine clinics at family-friendly events during April school vacation week.
She said in February, the state rolled out a smaller version and had amazing success in reaching people who hadn’t been vaccinated in the past.
See list of COVID-19 vaccination clinics
COVID-19 metrics in Boston and across Massachusetts have been trending upwards in recent weeks with the city’s percent positivity rate crossing the 5 percent threshold officials set as a way to measure how the virus is spreading in the city.
The Boston Public Health Commission reported a 5.9 percent positivity rate, according to data updated Tuesday.
Boston mayor Michelle Wu said the city is keeping a close eye on COVID-19 metrics. When asked if an indoor mask mandate would return, she said, “We’re not there yet.”
Doctors are not overly concerned about the recent increases in COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts, In fact, they’re not calling it a surge. They do say that those who are immunocompromised, really need to be on guard.
“This is a gentle rise in cases, not a spike, but there are more cases now than there were last week or the week before,” Dr. Shira Doron said. “So, you know, it is it is something that people who are high risk should be aware of.”