Latest MA Coronavirus Report: 303 New Cases, 11 Deaths

BOSTON — Although COVID-19 continues to claim a dozen lives each day in Massachusetts, most indicators of the disease's progress continue to trend in a positive direction, the state reported Sunday.

The Department of Public Health's daily update recorded 303 new cases of the disease and 11 deaths, bringing the total of confirmed cases since the pandemic began to 114,398 and the total number of deaths to 8,607.

But the state also reported that four of six key indicators of the disease's progress are trending positively, including declines in the positive test rate - now just 1.4 percent — and the number of COVID patients entering hospitals, while testing and tracing capacity are both growing.

The other two indicators — deaths and health care system readiness — are said to be "in progress."

According to the Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts has one of the nation's lowest positivity rates, along with several other Northeastern states.

Even so, the closely watched model prepared by the Seattle-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation predicts the state will top 10,000 deaths by Dec. 1.

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