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The 14-day positive test rate in Worcester is down to 0.8 from a high of 2.5 just about a month ago (Aug. 5).
There are some other communities that saw significant declines while others shot up. Barre had a positive test case for the first time in weeks. Test rates are up in Blackstone, Douglas, Holden, and Northbridge. Northbridge has the highest rate of the four with 1.9 percent of tests over the last 14 days returning positive results.
In Massachusetts, the goal is that by December the state will have less than 5 percent of COVID-19 tests come back positive. On Sept. 7, Gov. Charlie Baker reported the state’s 7-day positive test rate was at 0.9 percent, the same as the prior week. Massachusetts’ positive cases have been on a steady decline throughout August. (Massachusetts does not provide 7-day positive test rates for municipalities, only 14-day rates.)
Every Worcester County community met that 5 percent goal in the most recent reporting period released by the governor’s office on Wednesday, Sept. 2
Since Jan. 1 Massachusetts has had a total of 121,046 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and administered 2.7 million tests. The total number of COVID-19 deaths in the state is 8,925 people.
Here is a breakdown of local COVID-19 data for the most recent 14-day positive test rate in the cities and towns in your community:
CLICK HERE FOR A GRAPHIC SHOWING POSITIVE RATES SINCE JULY 17.
Ashburnham 0
Athol 0.4
Aubrun 1
Barre 0.5
Blackstone 2
Bolton 0
Brookfield 0.9
Charlton 0.7
Clinton 2.2
Douglas 1,1
Dudley 0.1
East Brookfield 0
Fitchburg 1.1
Gardner 0.2
Grafton 0.5
Holden 1.1
Hopedale 0.8
Hubbardston 0
Lancaster 0
Leichester 0.6
Leominster 0.7
Lunenburg 0.2
Mendon 0
Milford 1.5
Millbury 0.4
Millville 0
North Brookfield 0.5
Northborough 0.3
Northbridge 1.9
Oakham 0
Oxford 0.8
Paxton 0.2
Petersham 0
Rutland 0.2
Shrewsbury 0.5
Southbridge 0.6
Spencer 1.6
Sterling 1.2
Sturbridge 0.2
Sutton 1.9
Upton 0
Uxbridge 0
Warren 1.7
Webster 0.5
West Boylston 0.3
West Brookfield 0
Westborough 0.7
Winchendon 0.5
Worcester 0.8
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