The City’s new mask mandate policy for indoor venues that went into effect two weeks ago is having some impact on stopping the spread of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus in Boston as some neighborhoods see a decline in cases.
However, the weekly COVID positive test rate in Jamaica Plain increased between August 30 and September 6.
According to the weekly report released last Friday released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC), 1,895 Jamaica Plain residents were tested last week and 2.5 percent were found to be positive. This was a 19 percent decrease from the 2.1 percent that tested positive between August 16 and August 23.
Citywide, the weekly positive test rate remained the same. According to the BPHC 23,346 residents were tested and 3.6 percent were COVID positive–this was the same percentage reported by the BPHC on August 30.
According to the BPHC data, Jamaica Plain’s infection rate increased 2.7 percent since August 23 and went from 791.2 cases per 10,000 residents to 812.3 cases per 10,000 residents.
Eighty-five additional Jamaica Plain residents became infected with COVID-19 since August 23 and the number of total cases here went from 3,195 cases to 3,280 cases in the neighborhood.
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 1.5 percent since August 30 and went from 75,888 cases to 77,015 confirmed cases in a week. There were five additional deaths in Boston from the virus in the past week and the total COVID deaths since the start of the pandemic is at 1,411.