These are the 81 Mass. communities at highest risk for COVID-19 infection
There were 62 cities and towns in the "red zone" the previous week.
There are 81 communities in Massachusetts now in the “red zone” for coronavirus risk, a jump from 62 the previous week, according to state data compiled just before Thanksgiving.
The weekly report, released by the state Department of Public Health on Friday, shows Shirley had the highest average daily incidence rate of 153.3 cases per 100,000 residents, followed by Lawrence with a rate of 113.7 per 100,000 and Fall River with 92.3 per 100,000.
Like other cities and towns with a correctional facility within its borders, the number of cases reported at MCI-Shirley likely helped push the town of just over 7,600 people to the top of the list. (Last week, Shirley reported a rate of 71.2 per 100,000 — the sixth highest.)
Earlier this month, town officials announced town-operated buildings were closed to the public until further notice as a result of the red-zone designation. A notice posted to the town’s website says indeed a “large number of positive cases are related to the state correctional facility located on Shirley property.”
As of Nov. 24, MCI-Shirley had recorded more coronavirus cases over the previous week than any other Department of Correction facility in the state, The Nashoba Valley Voice reports.
The medium-security prison notched 142 cases among inmates, while three cases were recorded at the minimum-security facility; 21 corrections officers have also tested positive, according to the newspaper. Three inmates in Shirley have died from COVID-19.
Here’s a look at each of the highest-risk communities in Massachusetts:
1. Shirley
Average daily incidence rate: 153.3 per 100,000
2. Lawrence
Average daily incidence rate: 113.7 per 100,000
3. Fall River
Average daily incidence rate: 92.3 per 100,000
4. Lowell
Average daily incidence rate: 80.7 per 100,000
5. Chelsea
Average daily incidence rate: 72.9 per 100,000
6. Lynn
Average daily incidence rate: 72.7 per 100,000
7. Everett
Average daily incidence rate: 72.4 per 100,000
8. Swansea
Average daily incidence rate: 69 per 100,000
9. Edgartown
Average daily incidence rate: 66.4 per 100,000
10. Springfield
Average daily incidence rate: 63.4 per 100,000
11. Methuen
Average daily incidence rate: 60.8 per 100,000
12. Leominster
Average daily incidence rate: 60.3 per 100,000
13. Hampden
Average daily incidence rate: 58.3 per 100,000
14. Southbridge
Average daily incidence rate: 57.9 per 100,000
15. Somerset
Average daily incidence rate: 57.5 per 100,000
16. Tisbury
Average daily incidence rate: 56.5 per 100,000
17. Holyoke
Average daily incidence rate: 54.7 per 100,000
18. Revere
Average daily incidence rate: 53.4 per 100,000
19. Dartmouth
Average daily incidence rate: 53.3 per 100,000
20. Fitchburg
Average daily incidence rate: 52.7 per 100,000
21. West Springfield
Average daily incidence rate: 52.6 per 100,000
22. Peabody
Average daily incidence rate: 50.3 per 100,000
23. Sterling
Average daily incidence rate: 50 per 100,000
24. Marion
Average daily incidence rate: 49.7 per 100,000
25. Oak Bluffs
Average daily incidence rate: 49.4 per 100,000
26. Fairhaven
Average daily incidence rate: 49.1 per 100,000
27. Westport
Average daily incidence rate: 49 per 100,000
28. Ludlow
Average daily incidence rate: 48.6 per 100,000
29. Dighton
Average daily incidence rate: 47.8 per 100,000
30. Wenham
Average daily incidence rate: 46.7 per 100,000
31. Lunenburg
Average daily incidence rate: 46.6 per 100,000
32. Barnstable
Average daily incidence rate: 45.9 per 100,000
33. Woburn
Average daily incidence rate: 45.8 per 100,000
34. New Bedford
Average daily incidence rate: 45.6 per 100,000
35. Millbury
Average daily incidence rate: 45.5 per 100,000
36. Saugus
Average daily incidence rate: 45.4 per 100,000
37. Haverhill
Average daily incidence rate: 44 per 100,000
38. Southwick
Average daily incidence rate: 43.7 per 100,000
39. Attleboro
Average daily incidence rate: 43.6 per 100,000
40. Hopedale
Average daily incidence rate: 43.1 per 100,000
41. Chicopee
Average daily incidence rate: 41.9 per 100,000
42. Paxton
Average daily incidence rate: 41.8 per 100,000
43. Seekonk
Average daily incidence rate: 41.3 per 100,000
44. Dracut
Average daily incidence rate: 41 per 100,000
45. Milford
Average daily incidence rate: 39.4 per 100,000
46. East Longmeadow
Average daily incidence rate: 38.6 per 100,000
47. Lenox
Average daily incidence rate: 38.4 per 100,000
48. Tyngsborough
Average daily incidence rate: 37.6 per 100,000
49. Framingham
Average daily incidence rate: 37.3 per 100,000
50. Malden
Average daily incidence rate: 37.2 per 100,000
51. Brockton
Average daily incidence rate: 37.1 per 100,000
52. Sutton
Average daily incidence rate: 36.7 per 100,000
53. Leicester
Average daily incidence rate: 36.1 per 100,000
54. Chelmsford
Average daily incidence rate: 35.7 per 100,000
55. Clinton
Average daily incidence rate: 35.5 per 100,000
56. Taunton
Average daily incidence rate: 35.4 per 100,000
57. Rehoboth
Average daily incidence rate: 34.8 per 100,000
58. Winchendon
Average daily incidence rate: 34.5 per 100,000
59. Monson
Average daily incidence rate: 33.2 per 100,000
60. Salisbury
Average daily incidence rate: 32.3 per 100,000
61. Mendon
Average daily incidence rate: 32.2 per 100,000
62. Freetown
Average daily incidence rate: 31.6 per 100,000
63. Middleton
Average daily incidence rate: 31.5 per 100,000
64. West Boylston
Average daily incidence rate: 31 per 100,000
65. Douglas
Average daily incidence rate: 30.9 per 100,000
66. Westminster
Average daily incidence rate: 30.3 per 100,000
67. Gardner
Average daily incidence rate: 30.2 per 100,000
68. Merrimac
Average daily incidence rate: 29.2 per 100,000
69. Lancaster
Average daily incidence rate: 29.1 per 100,000
70. Rutland
Average daily incidence rate: 29 per 100,000
71. Bellingham
Average daily incidence rate: 28.9 per 100,000
72. Blackstone
Average daily incidence rate: 28.5 per 100,000
73. Norfolk
Average daily incidence rate: 28 per 100,000
74. Berkley
Average daily incidence rate: 27.3 per 100,000
75. Boxford
Average daily incidence rate: 27.1 per 100,000
76. Uxbridge
Average daily incidence rate: 25.6 per 100,000
77. Georgetown
Average daily incidence rate: 24.6 per 100,000
78. Templeton
Average daily incidence rate: 24.5 per 100,000
79. Whitman
Average daily incidence rate: 22.1 per 100,000
80. Upton
Average daily incidence rate: 20.2 per 100,000
81. Littleton
Average daily incidence rate: 19.8 per 100,000
Here is the full data for each community in Massachusetts:
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