121 Massachusetts cities and towns now at 'high risk' for coronavirus spread amid sharp rise in

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health's COVID risk assessment map as of October 29, 2020.



121 Massachusetts cities and towns now at ‘high risk’ for coronavirus spread amid sharp rise in infections


There are now 121 Massachusetts cities and towns considered “high risk” for the spread of coronavirus, according to the statewide COVID risk assessment map released on Thursday.

Changes to the statewide map are based on case data collected from Oct. 11 to Oct. 24. The communities in the high risk category have seen on average more than 8 new cases each day per 100,000 residents over a 14-day period.

Cities and towns that are designated high-risk for COVID spread on Thursday include: Agawam, Athol, Bedford, Bellingham, Beverly, Billerica, Blandford, Bolton, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brimfield, Cohasset, Danvers, Dartmouth, Dedham, Dighton, Dover, Dracut, East Bridgewater, Fitchburg, Foxborough, Freetown, Gardner, Georgetown, Granby, Hubbardston, Lakeville, Leominster, Littleton, Mansfield, Medford, Mendon, Nahant, Nantucket, Newburyport, North Attleborough, Northborough, Norton, Palmer, Peabody, Salisbury, Southborough, Swansea, Taunton, Tewksbury, Townsend, Wareham, West Boylston, West Springfield, Westborough, Westwood, Whitman, Wilmington and Winchester.

Cities and towns that were high-risk communities last week and remain in that category include: Abington, Acushnet, Ashland, Attleboro, Avon, Berkley, Boston, Boxford, Brockton, Buckland, Canton, Chelmsford, Chelsea, Chicopee, Clinton, East Longmeadow, Everett, Fairhaven, Fall River, Framingham, Gloucester, Hanover, Hanson, Haverhill, Hingham, Holliston, Holyoke, Hudson, Kingston, Lawrence, Leicester, Lowell, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Marlborough, Marshfield, Methuen, Middleton, Milford, New Bedford, North Andover, Norwood, Pembroke, Plymouth, Randolph, Raynham, Revere, Rochester, Rockland, Saugus, Seekonk, Shrewsbury, Somerset, Springfield, Tyngsborough, Wakefield, Waltham, Webster, West Bridgewater, Westfield, Westport, Weymouth, Winthrop, Woburn, Worcester and Wrentham.

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