Two weeks after Mayor Michelle Wu and Dr. Bisola Ojikutu announced that the City’s “B Together” policy, which requires patrons and staff of certain indoor spaces to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19would be lifted, new infections remain low in Eastie and the rest of Boston.
According to the BPHC 13,219 residents were tested citywide last week and 3.6 percent were COVID positive–this was a 22 percent decrease from the 4.6 percent that reportedly tested positive for the week ending on February 21. The weekly positive test rate has now decreased 48 percent in Boston since February 14.
Last week, 837 Eastie residents were tested for the virus last week and 4.1 percent were positive–this was a 35 percent decrease from the 6.3 percent that tested positive as reported by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) on February 21. The weekly positive test rate has now decreased 59 percent in Eastie since February 14.
Thirty four additional Eastie residents contracted the virus between February 21 and February 28 and there are now 14,178 confirmed cases in the neighborhood since the start of the pandemic.
The statistics released by the BPHC as part of its weekly COVID19 report breaks down the number of cases and infection rates in each neighborhood. It also breaks down the number of cases by age, gender and race.
Citywide positive cases of coronavirus increased 0.92 percent last week and went from 163,720 cases to confirmed 165,226 cases in a week.
There were 21 additional deaths in Boston from the virus in the past week and the total COVID deaths is now at 1,718. Deaths increased 10.5 percent in Boston last week with three more deaths compared to the 19 deaths reported by the BPHC two weeks ago.