BOSTON (WWLP) – State public health officials reported 48 new confirmed deaths and 21,397 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts.

Total COVID-19 Cases by Age Group:

• 0-4 years: 4,277
• 5-9 years: 5,235
• 10-14 years: 5,458
• 15-19 years: 6,224
• 20-29 years: 18,051
• 30-39 years: 14,469
• 40-49 years: 9,781
• 50-59 years: 8,641
• 60-69 years: 5,458
• 70-79 years: 2,212
• 80+ years: 1,116

Testing:

According to the Department of Public Health, 113,963 new tests were performed with an overall of 36,269,164 molecular tests administered.

Antigen Tests: A total of 18,309 new individuals have tested positive with 3,271,041 total tests reported.

The 7-day average of percent positivity is 18.42%

Hospitalizations:

There are 1,954 patients are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 with 387 patients that are in intensive care units and 243 patients intubated. There are 686 patients of the 1,954 patients that are reportedly fully vaccinated.

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases:

• New Cases: 21,397
• Total Cases: 1,059,963
• New Deaths: 48
• Total Deaths: 19,821

Probable COVID-19 Cases

• New Cases: 1,306
• Total Cases: 80,651
• New Deaths: 4
• Total Deaths: 452

Hampden County:

• New Confirmed Cases: 2,216
• Total Confirmed Cases: 87,947
• New Deaths: 5
• Total Confirmed and Probable Deaths: 1,757

Hampshire County:

• New Confirmed Cases: 287
• Total Confirmed Cases: 15,988
• New Deaths: 3
• Total Confirmed and Probable Deaths: 347

Franklin County:

• New Confirmed Cases: 143
• Total Confirmed Cases: 5,624
• New Deaths: 2
• Total Confirmed and Probable Deaths: 131

Berkshire County:

• New Confirmed Cases: 233
• Total Confirmed Cases: 13,350
• New Deaths: 2
• Total Confirmed and Probable Deaths: 344

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Higher Education:

There are 2,136 new cases in the last week with a total of 34,166 confirmed COVID-19 cases in higher education institutions. In the last week there were 52,110 new tests reported with a total of 12,792,429.