Page 8 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2020 The Coronavirus Count State reports 69 new confi rmed Revere COVID-19 cases; city has state’s 9th highest rate over last 14 days R evere registered the ninth highest average daily inRegister Online at: www.phunkphenomenon.com cidence of COVID-19 cases among Massachusetts communities over a recent twoweek period, according to statistics released on Wednesday (Oct. 7) by the state Department of Public Health (DPH). The city had a daily incidence rate of 17.8 new cases per 100,000 over the period of Sept. 20 through Oct. 3. Only Middleton (58.1), Lawrence (35.2), North Andover (34.5), Nantucket (23.3), Chelsea (22.4), Sunderland (20.7), Haverhill (20.0) and Everett (19.3), had higher rates over that time span. This marked the ninth consecutive week that Revere was among a group of communities marked in red on a state map – the designation for a “high-risk” community for having a daily SUPPORT | FROM Page 6 rate of eight or more cases per 100,000 over the most recent 14-day reporting period. The city had ranked second in the state six weeks ago and third in the two weeks preceding that. Meanwhile, the state reported 69 new cases of COVID-19 in Revere over the past week, raising the total to 2,741 confi rmed cases. The most recent statistics showed 38,221 city residents have been tested for the virus so far – including 5,625 over the past 14 days. Of those tested, there were 196 confi rmed cases of the virus for a positivity rate of 3.48 percent during that time. That is more than three times the average state positivity rate of 1.04 percent. COVID-19 | SEE Page 10 Volunteer Ydyr Bendyir loads food into a car. CLASSES OFFERED FOR FALL SEASON HIP HOP | BREAKDANCING MUSIC & DANCE APPRECIATION | SALSA CONTEMPORARY | BALLET ADVANCED COMBO CLASSES TAP | PHUNK SNAP SASSY VOGUE 1886 Revere Beach Parkway (above Popeyes & Dunkin Donuts) in Everett 617-389-9111 / For more information, email LILPHUNK2@AOL.COM Mark Losavio sends perishables down the assembly line. Grace Spicuzza, Miguel Leonarte and Bill O’Keefe checked in approximately 20 walk-ins. FROM MTVʼS AMERICAʼS BEST DANCE CREW
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