according todata released today by the Massachusetts Department of
Public Health
<https://www.mass.gov/doc/weekly-covid-19-public-health-report-february-4-2021/download>
The city’s rate dropped to 41 per 100,000 with a positivity of 4.58% –
below 5% for the first time since Thanksgiving weekend. The state-wide
average was 48.9 per 100K and 4.32% positivity.
The number of tests administered over the last 14-day period dipped
1.3%, but known cases dropped much more: 15.9%.
Framingham remains in the state’s red zone, however. And, at 574 total
cases per 100,000 residents over the past 14 days, the city is also
considerably higher than theCDC’s 200 per 100K “highest risk of
transmission in schools” level
<https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/indicators.html#thresholds>
(The 4.58% positivity is lower risk, though.)
For more info on MWRA wastewater virus tests and rates in cities & towns
across Massachusetts, please see my post at District2Framingham.com
<http://www.district2framingham.com/2021/02/04/framingham-covid-19-levels-drop-again/>