THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2020 Page 9 The Coronavirus Count State reports 53 new cases confi rmed in Saugus during a one-week period as town hangs in the red T he state Department of Public Health (DPH) this week reported an additional 53 confi rmed cases of COVID-19 over a week-long period ending Tuesday (Oct. 27). In the biggest spike since the outbreak of the virus back in March, the new statistics provided by the DPH increased the overall total to 861 confi rmed cases of COVID-19. Meanwhile, the death toll remained at 43. The state’s latest “Weekly COVID-19 Public Health Report” was due to be released late yesterday, but was not available at press time. But the most recent numbers available Wednesday appear to show that Saugus was headed for its third consecutive week as being one of a growing number of communities marked as “red” for high risk on the DPH COVID map. As of Tuesday, there were 106 confirmed cases of the virus reported over a recent 15-day period (Oct. 12-27). Last week’s (Oct. 22) daily incidence rate released by the state was 17.8 new cases per 100,000 over a 14-day period (Oct. 4-17) – the 13th highest rate in the state and up from 10.6 the previous week. Governor Charlie Baker’s new metric for understanding how much the virus has spread locally shows the number of cases detected on average each day over the last two weeks in each of Massachusetts’s communities. More than 8 cases per 100,000 translates to high risk, between 4 and 8 cases per 100,000 is moderate risk and any less than that is low risk. Cities and towns shaded red on the COVID-19 map have the highest risk level. COVID-19 testing sites info from the Town of Saugus – Oct. 21 update “The Town of Saugus has partnered with the Commonwealth, AFC Urgent Care, Fallon Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and the Square One Mall as a collaborative effort to work to downgrade the Town’s designated “High Risk” red COVID-19 status by establishing and extending the following COVID-19 testing sites in Saugus: “AFC Urgent Care, located at 371 Broadway, is currently off ering free testing by appointment on Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please register online at afcurgentcaresaugus.com. Call (781) 233-1000 for more information. AFC Saugus will be participating in Stop the Spread up through October 31st. “Fallon EMS at the Square One Mall (Far Side Parking Lot on Essex Street), located at 1201 Broadway with entry off of Essex Street, will offer free mobile drive-up testing in for Saugus residents in their cars Monday through Saturday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. No appointment is needed. [Residents] drive-up and register using a tablet when they arrive. Saugus Police will be assisting with traffic. The testing site will be staff ed by 1012 individuals to handle registrations. All samples go directly to the Broad [Institute] in Cambridge for immediate testing with a 24-36 hour turnaround time. Notifi cation of results will be made for negative results via emails while phone calls will be made for positive COVID-19 results. These sites do close when it rains because of risk of test contamination. This site has recently been extended until January 15, 2021. “This information will be on the Town’s website and on the state’s website: https:// www.mass.gov/info-details/ stop-the-spread?rgja#saugus-” Additional info from the Town of Saugus “The Board of Health and the Saugus Health Department will continue to partner with the state and are working on a planned response to the COVID-19. They are analyzing the data from the past couple of weeks and developing specifi c strategies to combat the spread through additional enforcement and intervention measures. We need to do whatever is necessary to keep ourselves, family, neighbors, and communities safe. Continue to wear your masks, wash hands, avoid gatherings, and continue to follow the CDC and MDPH guidelines. “The Saugus Health DepartCASH FOR GOLD CORONAVIRUS | SEE PAGE 22 WE’RE BUYING GOLD SILVER PLATINUM DIAMONDS Class rings, wedding sets, pendants, earrings,pins, broaches, watches, dental, coins Redeem this coupon for up to an extra $50 in CASH toward your transaction You will receive $25 CASH on any $100 transaction $50 CASH on any $500 transaction Veterans receive an additional 10% back Exclude coin and better. Not to be combined with any other offer. 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