The Coronavirus Disease 2019 or COVID-19 (formerly referred to as 2019 Novel Coronavirus or 2019-nCoV) is a new respiratory virus that was first identified in Wuhan, China in December of 2019. The City of Boston and BPHC have extended the public health emergency declaration until further notice. 

Although complete data on race and ethnicity among COVID-19 positive cases in Boston residents has not been reported to the City of Boston, the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is actively working to collect available data for public release.

NOTE: Information on race and ethnicity data is collected and reported by multiple entities and may or may not reflect self-reporting by the individual case. A classification of "missing" indicates that no reporter knew the race and ethnicity of the individual, the individual refused to provide the information, or that the originating reporting system does not capture the information. "Other" indicates multiple races or another race that is not listed above.

COVID-19 CORE METRICS

These are the core metrics critical to inform response leadership. BPHC and the City of Boston use this data to monitor the progress of the City's response, to guide decision making and to shape our response moving forward during the COVID-19 pandemic.  All data points cited are 7-day trailing moving averages. Click here for additional translations of this section.

NUMBER OF DEATHS AT LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES: 353 (Updated weekly: 10/19/2020) 

NEIGHBORHOOD TESTING DATA 

As of October 19, 2020, there were 319,857 COVID-19 tests (with results) of Boston residents. Of 319,857 total tests of Boston residents, 6.1% have tested positive. For all Boston residents, the positive for tests increased from 4.5% for the prior week (October 6 - 12) to 6.2% for the current week (October 13 - 19).