By the Numbers: COVID-19 update, 6/24/22 | The Harvard Press | News | News Articles – Harvard Press

The state reported nine new COVID-19 cases in Harvard for the week ending June 11, seven more than reported the previous week, bringing the towns cumulative number of state-reported cases since the pandemic began to 696. Testing at the schools is over for the year.

The Board of Health told the Press that the Food and Drug Administration has just authorized a three-month shelf-life extension for all iHealth COVID-19 tests with expiration dates on or before Sept. 29, 2022. Other test brands may also be extending expiration dates; check the manufacturers website for further information.

Between June 14 and June 20, the state reported 8,834 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, down from 11,189 new cases the previous week. On June 20, there were 469 hospitalizations reported, 53 fewer than a week earlier; the number of ICU patients increased from 36 to 53 during the week ending June 20. The state reported 43 deaths during that same week, 32 fewer than the previous week.

The percentage of the 5,373 Harvard residents eligible for the vaccine (5 and older) and fully vaccinated remained at 86.9% over the week ending June 14; the partially vaccinated percentage increased from 9.1% to 9.2% that same week. For the week ending June 14, the total number of residents with at least one booster increased by 21 and is currently 3,257. Vaccination numbers in the state report for Harvard do not include Devens residents or inmates at its Federal Medical Center.

On June 21 the Federal Bureau of Prisons website reported no new COVID-19 cases among inmates at the Federal Medical Center in Devens for the eighth week in a row. There was one case among staff, one more than last week. Since the pandemic began, 372 of the current inmates and 202 staff have recovered from COVID-19; 13 inmates died of the virus.

Note that case numbers reported by the state do not include people who tested positive only with an at-home test.

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