Four more Lynn residents have died from the coronavirus since Thursday afternoon to bring the city’s death toll to 203.
The additional virus fatalities were reported over a 24-hour period, which spanned from Thursday to Friday afternoon.
Lynn also reported 36 new cases to bring the city’s caseload to 16,060. Of that total, 322 cases are active and 15,535 people have recovered from the virus, according to city data.
With a positive test rate (3.81 percent) and daily incidence rate (22.3 new cases per 100,000 residents) that both continue to decline, Lynn remains in the yellow for a second straight week after being downgraded from a high-risk community last week, according to the state Department of Public Health.
As of Thursday, 22,426 Lynn residents, or 22 percent of the city’s population, had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Twelve percent, or 11,777 residents, had been fully vaccinated, according to data provided by the city.
Of the Item’s coverage area, only Revere is still in the red, which is the state’s designation for communities that have a high risk of COVID-19 spread, the DPH reported.
Revere reported 27 new cases on Friday to bring the city’s total numbers to 9,928 cases and 159 deaths. Its positive test rate of 4.21 percent is 2.3 times the state average, and its daily incidence rate of 30.9 new cases per 100,000 residents is also higher than the statewide average of 19.5, according to city and DPH data.
In Peabody, another formerly red community that stayed yellow again this week, 42 new cases and two additional deaths were reported. The city now has 6,483 cases, 304 people have died, and 5,807 have recovered, according to the health department.
Eighty-four new cases and an additional death have been reported in Saugus since last week to bring the town’s total numbers to 3,710 cases and 67 deaths, the town website reported.
Salem, which reported 13 new cases and an additional death, now has 4,232 cases and 78 deaths, according to the town website.
Lynnfield (1,086 cases, 29 deaths) reported seven new cases, Marblehead (1,213 cases, 31 deaths) has reported 18 new cases since last Friday, and Nahant (238 cases, six deaths) reported six new cases.
Numbers were not updated in Swampscott, which had 994 cases and 19 deaths as of Thursday.
