For the first time in about 16 months, Saugus got through the week without a confirmed COVID-19 case. Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree noted that COVID cases remained at 4,212 as of Wednesday (July 7) – the same overall total reported last week. Last week, there was just one newly confirmed COVID-19 case reported in town. The death toll of 73 hasn’t changed in weeks.
Local officials credit the return to near normalcy with people getting vaccinated.