By Julie Cunningham
(Orange, MA) Although positive COVID-19 test cases rose by five this week in Orange, the positive test rate is decreasing in that area and deaths remain steady at just one. Through the week of May 1-May 7, the positive COVID-19 tests in Orange rose to 32. The positive test rate fell to 7.3% from the mean of 12.7%. There are six isolations and 2 hospitalizations in Orange, as well as 23 recoveries and 220 negative tests.