NORTHAMPTON — State public health officials reported 870 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday and 33 new deaths, the lowest number in more than a month.
There are now 79,332 confirmed cases statewide and 5,141 deaths.
Officials noted that the low number of deaths reported Tuesday could be affected by a shift to a later reporting deadline. With this change, some deaths that normally would have been included in Tuesday’s report were instead part of the Monday report. There were 129 deaths reported Monday
The number of daily cases also represents the second day in a row that fewer than 1,000 new cases have been confirmed in the commonwealth, following Monday’s report of 669 new cases.
The state had previously not reported fewer than 1,000 cases since early April. However, on both days, the state also tested fewer people than average compared to recent weeks.
Overall, 4% of current cases in Massachusetts require hospitalization, and 818 people with the virus are in intensive care units.
There were 702 confirmed cases, an increase of 14 from the day before, and 57 deaths reported in Hampshire County, 297 cases and 42 deaths in Franklin County and 4,831 cases and 464 deaths in Hampden County.
Cooley Dickinson Hospital was treating 12 inpatients with confirmed COVID-19 infection as of Tuesday, two of whom were in the intensive care unit.
An additional 63 outpatients are under investigation for COVID-19 infection. The hospital has had 607 people test positive overall.
Baystate Health is treating 95 inpatients for confirmed COVID-19 infection across all of its hospitals, including 19 patients in critical care units. Ninety-one are hospitalized at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.
Twenty-three inpatients are under investigation for COVID-19 infection.
Baystate has tested 9,115 people to date, with 1,431 results coming back positive, 7,615 negative, and 69 pending.
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