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Covid cases continue - 56 reported this week

There have been more than 50 reported new cases of coronavirus in Wareham each week for the last three weeks. After a dip in new case counts in late March, cases are back on the rise. And counts are likely higher than the state’s totals, due to the...

Covid-19 cases on the rise once again

Covid-19 cases are once again on the rise in Wareham, with the state’s latest report showing 58 people testing positive in the last week. That’s likely below the true number of cases in town, as at-home tests are widely available and those with...
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Additional covid-19 boosters approved for people over 50

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved on March 29 an update to its vaccination recommendations : those who are immunocompromised or over 50 are eligible for another mRNA booster shot if it’s been at least four months since their...

Covid cases continue to decrease as schools drop mask mandate

Just 11 new covid-19 cases were reported during the past week in Wareham, according to the state’s March 3 report. This is the lowest case weekly case count since mid-August 2021. In Wareham schools, only one teacher has tested positive and one is...

New covid-19 cases continue to decline

According to the state, there were only 23 new covid-19 cases in Wareham in the past week — another significant decline from last week’s 37 cases. The last time the new case count was this low was during a mid-October dip in cases. Because schools...

New covid cases continue to decline

New covid cases in Wareham are at their lowest rate since before Thanksgiving, with only 37 new cases reported by the state as of Feb. 17. The town’s vaccination rate is at 57 percent. Just four students in Wareham Schools tested positive for covid...

Masks mandate to stay in place until March 14 in Wareham schools

The Wareham School Committee voted on Feb. 17 to extend the mask mandate in schools to March 14, two weeks after the statewide mandate lapses, in an attempt to stave off a post-vacation spike in covid cases. Governor Charlie Baker will lift the...

Wareham to hand out Covid-19 tests next week

Wareham will begin distributing free covid-19 tests next week on a first-come first-serve basis, town officials say. Health Department assistant Kayla Bettencourt said in an email Thursday that rapid tests will be distributed from 2-5 p.m. Tuesday,...

Fewer than 100 new covid cases this week

New covid-19 cases are down this week, with 74 cases reported in town. The new weekly case count is back under 100 for the first time since before Thanksgiving 2021. The town’s vaccination rate continues to slowly increase, as 64 percent of...

Health dept. plans distribution of covid-19 tests

More covid-19 rapid tests have arrived — now the health department is figuring out how to hand out tests to residents without snarling traffic. “The test kits are a hot commodity,” public health director Patrick MacDonald said Wednesday. The town...

Town surpasses 4,000 covid cases

The total number of covid cases in Wareham since the pandemic’s start blew past 4,000 this week, with 359 new cases bringing the total to 4,248. That’s a slight decline from last week’s high of 387, but is still 88 cases higher than the third-worst...

Yet another record-breaking week for covid cases in town

Between Jan. 6 and Jan. 13, 387 Wareham residents tested positive for covid — that’s more than three times as many cases as the worst week of the first wave in Dec. 2020, when 112 people got sick. The total number of cases in town since the...

New covid cases this week soar to more than 250

Covid cases continue to soar in Wareham this week, indicative of the ongoing post-holiday spike. In the past week, the town has seen 271 new cases of covid-19, according to state covid data. The total, which is an increase of nearly 100 cases...

District gets crafty about coverage in wake of staff illnesses

Students and staff returned to school for the first time in 2022 on Tuesday, Jan. 4 — a day later than planned. The delayed return to the classroom — which also delayed the opening of the new Wareham Elementary School building — was the result of a...

Covid spike continues as town sees more than 170 new cases

Wareham saw 172 new cases of covid-19 this past week — another record-breaking total for the town, bringing the number of covid cases in town to 3,231 since the beginning of the pandemic. Weekly case totals have been on the rise since about mid-...