Falmouth Coronavirus Positive Rate Drops Back Below 4%

FALMOUTH, MA — Falmouth reported promising coronavirus trends Thursday in the latest town-by-town report from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, with the positive test rate falling below 3 percent. The good news comes after a rough end to March and a start to April that saw coronavirus numbers head in the wrong direction for two weeks straight.

Falmouth's positive test rate over the last two weeks was 3.78 percent, down from 4.48 percent in last week's report. The case count over the last two weeks also dropped, with 109 new cases compared to 146 in last week's report.

As of Thursday, there have been 1,463 coronavirus cases in Falmouth since the start of the pandemic.

>>MA Town-By-Town Coronavirus Stats: Declines Across All Metrics

Statewide metrics were also promising. Massachusetts reported declines across all coronavirus metrics Thursday, with both the statewide positive test rate and the number of high-risk communities falling.

The Department of Public Health labeled 59 communities as high risk for the coronavirus, down from 77 in the previous report. The full list of high-risk communities is available at the end of this article.

The seven-day average positive test rate for the state fell from 2.43 percent last week to 2.3 percent. The weekly average case rate, hospitalization and death rate also fell.

The seven-day average death rate of 8.1 is the lowest on record.