Mayor Brodeur's Coronavirus Update October 7th 2020 by MMTV

Mayor Brodeur's Coronavirus Update October 7th 2020 by MMTV

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This is Mayor Brodeur. The weekly DPH COVID-19 statistics have been released and Melrose stands at 342 positive cases as of 6 p.m. on Wednesday. This represents an increase of 10 over last week’s report. Melrosians have received 17,805 16,232 tests, an increase of 1,573 over last week’s numbers. Our percent positivity rate is essentially unchanged, and now stands at .65%. Nonetheless, we are still classified as yellow under the state’s assessment system. We need our Average Daily Incidence Rate per 100,000 (over a 14 day period) to drop below 4 to get back to green, and we are currently at 4.7. Please remember that if you want a free test, the state’s #StoptheSpread program continues to offer them as close as the Square One Mall in Saugus, one of 18 sites across Massachusetts. You do not need to have symptoms to get a free test! The Melrose Board of Health will hold a Family Flu Clinic on Thursday, October 15 from 5 to 8 p.m.  Location will be in Middle School gym. Enter from the parking lot in back of the school on Melrose Street.  Everyone three years of age and older is eligible, and if you missed our Oct. 4 clinic, you are welcome at this event. Please fill out the insurance information form available online and bring it with you to the site. All insurance carriers will be accepted except Aetna and United Healthcare. A fee of $15 will be charged for anyone not using an insurance carrier. However, nobody will be turned away based on an inability to pay. There will be a limited supply of High Dose vaccine. Please be sure to bring your insurance card, the completed insurance form and wear short sleeves in order to make the process easier. More details at the link to the city website’s Health Department page which appears on the screen. www.cityofmelrose.org/health/news/family-flu-clinic-oct-15 In the meantime, keep doing the things you have been doing to keep up the fight against COVID-19: wash your hands, maintain a social distance of at least six feet, and wear a face covering whenever you might not be able to keep that distance. And please stay home if you exhibit any symptoms. Finally, please join Superintendent Kukenberger tomorrow night from 6:30 – 7:30 for our first Ask Me Anything session. Dr. Kukenberger will be answering your questions about our schools and reopening during the pandemic. Watch live and submit questions at the links appearing on the screen: www.youtu.be/U4SxlF6geWc and www.docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSeIta.../viewform. You can also find this information on the Facebook page of the Melrose School Committee. Thanks again for doing all you can to keep each other safe. Keep it up, and together we will get through this.

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