Pittsfield COVID Cases Plateau, Cold Weather Spike Expected

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city's health director had good news on Wednesday, telling the Board of Health that COVID-19 cases have been plateauing for the last month after a small increase in July.

The average case rate has remained rather consistent for the past couple of months, said Andy Cambi, sitting at 28.3 cases per 100,000 on Monday, but the positivity rate has been less steady.

On Monday, the positivity rate was 11.3 percent, up from 8.3 percent at the end of August.

The city remains in the red incidence rate for COVID-19 transmission, meaning that there is an average of 10 or more cases per 100,000 and a positivity rate above 5 percent.

There are roughly 76 estimated actively contagious cases in the city and there were 16 new cases on Monday. On that day, Berkshire Medical Center had nine patients who tested positive for the the virus.

Cambi reported that BMC had a "little influx" of hospitalizations that is slowly starting to go back down.

"Nothing was as far as ICU patients, the ICU patients have remained low," he added. "So not sure what that increase was for but they seem to be they were able to manage it and it seems to be tapering off."

The city's Biobot sewage testing is also showing a decrease in virus concentration, showing 654.7 thousand copies per liter on Monday compared to more than a million copies per liter in late August.

The health director continues to encourage the public to get vaccine boosters and flu shots as colder weather is approaching and people are spending more time inside.

The city is still contact tracing for higher-risk groups and is waiting for an OK from the state to scale back on it.

"We're still holding off to see when contact tracing is going to let off from the state," Cambi reported.

"As soon as the state lets us know that we no longer are required to do contact tracing for those age groups, the elderly and the young, then that's when we'll fall back on that and focus on something else but right now we're still required to do so, so we're still doing contact tracing."

Allendale Pines North Affordable Manufactured Homes Sell Fast

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
05:17PM / Saturday, August 22, 2026

Developer Teton Management cut the ribbon on the first six hopes in the manufactured housing community earlier this year. 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Just a few months after Allendale Pines North cut the ribbon on its first six homes in the new manufactured home community, units in the planned development are selling fast with both first and second phases all but sold out.

 

For several years, Teton Management Corp. has been planning to expand its existing Allendale Pines Mobile Community with the development of 22 planned manufactured housing units. The new development has its own entrance at 395 Cheshire Road. 

 

The need for attainable housing has never been higher, Teton President George Whaling said. 

 

"And where we sought the opportunity to help with that demand is, we can get folks into a home at Allendale Pines North for essentially a couple of $100 less than what it would cost for someone to rent a three-bedroom of the same quality," he said. 

 

The corporation took over Allendale Pines, now referred to as Allendale Pines South, about 6 1/2 years ago, Whaling said. 

 

Since then, the corporation has invested $1,000,001 in infrastructure improvements, including replacing all water and sewer lines, paving the community and installing the infrastructure needed for 10 additional units, he said. 

 

Additionally, it has been working to clean up and improve the community, which was lacking during previous ownership, said Jason Nocher, owner of Nocher Realty, which has been hired to help sell the units.