While restrictions have been relaxed and society has somewhat moved on, Covid is still with us. Since April 14, 2022, there have been an additional 1,837 deaths from the disease in Massachusetts, for a current total of 20,896. CLICK IMAGE for larger view.
Covid Deaths Drop 95% in Massachusetts from 2020 peak
Putting Covid in perspective: On April 24, 2020, the 7 day average of confirmed deaths in Massachusetts was a high of 175.6. On November 27, 2022, this had dropped to 8.1, a percentage decrease of over 95% from the peak.
Covid Still a Factor in Greater Gardner MA lives: Right now, the average 14-day incidence rate in the City of Gardner is 7.7 per 100,000 residents per day, which is about 2 incidents per day in Gardner. While there were just over 5000 new Massachusetts confirmed cases in the week covered by the report, there are 650 total patients in the hospital with Covid with 72 (11% of patients) in ICU units.