These 158 Mass. communities have the highest transmission rates of coronavirus
Here's a look at each of the communities and their average daily case rates for the last two weeks.
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There are 158 Massachusetts communities that are now in the red zone for having the highest rates of coronavirus transmission, according to state data.
Compared to last week’s data, there are 61 more communities on the list. The state, overall, is in the red zone with an average daily incidence rate of 50 cases per 100,000 residents.
The increase in high-risk communities this week comes as Gov. Charlie Baker both introduced a timeline for the COVID-19 vaccine – three phases with the earliest doses expected next week – and rolled back the state’s phased reopening for all communities to step one of Phase 3. This maneuver includes limiting capacities for various places, like retail stores, gyms, and places of worship, to 40 percent, as well as other restrictions.
Here’s a look at each of the highest-risk communities and their average daily incidence rates for the past 14 days:
1. Lawrence
Average daily incidence rate: 160.8 per 100,000 residents
2. Methuen
Average daily incidence rate: 106.41 per 100,000 residents
3. Nantucket
Average daily incidence rate: 104.49 per 100,000 residents
4. Lowell
Average daily incidence rate: 102.03 per 100,000 residents
5. Revere
Average daily incidence rate: 98.6 per 100,000 residents
6. Saugus
Average daily incidence rate: 96.79 per 100,000 residents
7. Chelsea
Average daily incidence rate: 95.77 per 100,000 residents
8. Tyngsborough
Average daily incidence rate: 95.4 per 100,000 residents
9. Middleton
Average daily incidence rate: 93.18 per 100,000 residents
10. Fall River
Average daily incidence rate: 92.37 per 100,000 residents
11. Dracut
Average daily incidence rate: 90.35 per 100,000 residents
12. Everett
Average daily incidence rate: 90.18 per 100,000 residents
13. Lynn
Average daily incidence rate: 89.19 per 100,000 residents
14. Haverhill
Average daily incidence rate: 87.2 per 100,000 residents
15. Concord
Average daily incidence rate: 86.95 per 100,000 residents
16. Peabody
Average daily incidence rate: 84.74 per 100,000 residents
17. Ludlow
Average daily incidence rate: 84.48 per 100,000 residents
18. Lenox
Average daily incidence rate: 84.25 per 100,000 residents
19. Lynnfield
Average daily incidence rate: 82.56 per 100,000 residents
20. Seekonk
Average daily incidence rate: 79.01 per 100,000 residents
21. Swansea
Average daily incidence rate: 78.82 per 100,000 residents
22. New Bedford
Average daily incidence rate: 78.8 per 100,000 residents
23. Springfield
Average daily incidence rate: 78.77 per 100,000 residents
24. Southbridge
Average daily incidence rate: 78.37 per 100,000 residents
25. Winthrop
Average daily incidence rate: 76.09 per 100,000 residents
26. Leominster
Average daily incidence rate: 72.71 per 100,000 residents
27. Fairhaven
Average daily incidence rate: 71.37 per 100,000 residents
28. Tewksbury
Average daily incidence rate: 70.21 per 100,000 residents
29. Sutton
Average daily incidence rate: 69.4 per 100,000 residents
30. Danvers
Average daily incidence rate: 68.27 per 100,000 residents
31. Gardner
Average daily incidence rate: 67.57 per 100,000 residents
32. Holyoke
Average daily incidence rate: 67.49 per 100,000 residents
33. Worcester
Average daily incidence rate: 67.45 per 100,000 residents
34. Northborough
Average daily incidence rate: 66.88 per 100,000 residents
35. Pittsfield
Average daily incidence rate: 66.63 per 100,000 residents
36. Salem
Average daily incidence rate: 66.32 per 100,000 residents
37. Norfolk
Average daily incidence rate: 65.75 per 100,000 residents
38. West Bridgewater
Average daily incidence rate: 64.7 per 100,000 residents
39. Framingham
Average daily incidence rate: 63.46 per 100,000 residents
40. Chicopee
Average daily incidence rate: 62.47 per 100,000 residents
41. Leicester
Average daily incidence rate: 62.15 per 100,000 residents
42. Fitchburg
Average daily incidence rate: 61.72 per 100,000 residents
43. Rehoboth
Average daily incidence rate: 60.68 per 100,000 residents
44. Marion
Average daily incidence rate: 60.59 per 100,000 residents
45. Somerset
Average daily incidence rate: 60.16 per 100,000 residents
46. Milford
Average daily incidence rate: 59.66 per 100,000 residents
47. Woburn
Average daily incidence rate: 59.17 per 100,000 residents
48. Malden
Average daily incidence rate: 58.6 per 100,000 residents
49. Sterling
Average daily incidence rate: 58.17 per 100,000 residents
50. North Andover
Average daily incidence rate: 56.36 per 100,000 residents
51. Auburn
Average daily incidence rate: 56.33 per 100,000 residents
52. Boylston
Average daily incidence rate: 55.69 per 100,000 residents
53. Brockton
Average daily incidence rate: 55.57 per 100,000 residents
54. Marlborough
Average daily incidence rate: 55.19 per 100,000 residents
55. Randolph
Average daily incidence rate: 54.96 per 100,000 residents
56. Acushnet
Average daily incidence rate: 54.69 per 100,000 residents
57. Boxford
Average daily incidence rate: 54.22 per 100,000 residents
58. Wilmington
Average daily incidence rate: 54.02 per 100,000 residents
59. Attleboro
Average daily incidence rate: 53.9 per 100,000 residents
60. Holden
Average daily incidence rate: 53.39 per 100,000 residents
61. Stoneham
Average daily incidence rate: 53.26 per 100,000 residents
62. Wilbraham
Average daily incidence rate: 53.08 per 100,000 residents
63. Freetown
Average daily incidence rate: 52.89 per 100,000 residents
64. Millbury
Average daily incidence rate: 52.25 per 100,000 residents
65. Groveland
Average daily incidence rate: 52.17 per 100,000 residents
66. Lakeville
Average daily incidence rate: 52.15 per 100,000 residents
67. West Springfield
Average daily incidence rate: 52.08 per 100,000 residents
68. Taunton
Average daily incidence rate: 51.24 per 100,000 residents
69. Dartmouth
Average daily incidence rate: 51.21 per 100,000 residents
70. Shirley
Average daily incidence rate: 51.11 per 100,000 residents
71. Melrose
Average daily incidence rate: 50.51 per 100,000 residents
72. East Bridgewater
Average daily incidence rate: 50.41 per 100,000 residents
73. Barnstable
Average daily incidence rate: 50.09 per 100,000 residents
74. Charlton
Average daily incidence rate: 49.93 per 100,000 residents
75. North Brookfield
Average daily incidence rate: 49.35 per 100,000 residents
76. Wakefield
Average daily incidence rate: 48.47 per 100,000 residents
77. Billerica
Average daily incidence rate: 47.59 per 100,000 residents
78. Chelmsford
Average daily incidence rate: 47.46 per 100,000 residents
79. Amesbury
Average daily incidence rate: 47.34 per 100,000 residents
80. Edgartown
Average daily incidence rate: 47.2 per 100,000 residents
81. Berkley
Average daily incidence rate: 47.16 per 100,000 residents
82. Mendon
Average daily incidence rate: 47.01 per 100,000 residents
83. Clinton
Average daily incidence rate: 46.67 per 100,000 residents
84. Rochester
Average daily incidence rate: 46.56 per 100,000 residents
85. Topsfield
Average daily incidence rate: 45.74 per 100,000 residents
86. Westport
Average daily incidence rate: 45.62 per 100,000 residents
87. Abington
Average daily incidence rate: 45.47 per 100,000 residents
88. Hudson
Average daily incidence rate: 45.45 per 100,000 residents
89. Andover
Average daily incidence rate: 45.16 per 100,000 residents
9o. Agawam
Average daily incidence rate: 45.12 per 100,000 residents
91. West Boylston
Average daily incidence rate: 44.64 per 100,000 residents
92. Bridgewater
Average daily incidence rate: 44.43 per 100,000 residents
93. Salisbury
Average daily incidence rate: 44.37 per 100,000 residents
94. Avon
Average daily incidence rate: 44.07 per 100,000 residents
95. Spencer
Average daily incidence rate: 43.59 per 100,000 residents
96. Blackstone
Average daily incidence rate: 43.53 per 100,000 residents
97. Webster
Average daily incidence rate: 43.24 per 100,000 residents
98. Halifax
Average daily incidence rate: 42.98 per 100,000 residents
99. Ashland
Average daily incidence rate: 42.78 per 100,000 residents
100. Lunenberg
Average daily incidence rate: 42.51 per 100,000 residents
100. Raynham (tie)
Average daily incidence rate: 42.51 per 100,000 residents
102. Hanson
Average daily incidence rate: 41.81 per 100,000 residents
103. Rutland
Average daily incidence rate: 41.53 per 100,000 residents
104. Dighton
Average daily incidence rate: 41.45 per 100,000 residents
105. Mansfield
Average daily incidence rate: 41.41 per 100,000 residents
106. North Attleborough
Average daily incidence rate: 41.22 per 100,000 residents
107. Mattapoisett
Average daily incidence rate: 41.12 per 100,000 residents
108. Middleborough
Average daily incidence rate: 40.93 per 100,000 residents
109. Norton
Average daily incidence rate: 40.9 per 100,000 residents
110. Grafton
Average daily incidence rate: 40.82 per 100,000 residents
110. Manchester (tie)
Average daily incidence rate: 40.82 per 100,000 residents
112. Hopedale
Average daily incidence rate: 40.57 per 100,000 residents
113. Georgetown
Average daily incidence rate: 40.54 per 100,000 residents
114. Stoughton
Average daily incidence rate: 40.26 per 100,000 residents
115. Hanover
Average daily incidence rate: 40.24 per 100,000 residents
116.Palmer
Average daily incidence rate: 39.9 per 100,000 residents
117. Norwood
Average daily incidence rate: 39.42 per 100,000 residents
118. Merrimac
Average daily incidence rate: 39.35 per 100,000 residents
119. Gloucester
Average daily incidence rate: 39.23 per 100,000 residents
120. Southborough
Average daily incidence rate: 39.15 per 100,000 residents
121. Holbrook
Average daily incidence rate: 39.07 per 100,000 residents
122. Burlington
Average daily incidence rate: 38.77 per 100,000 residents
123. Quincy
Average daily incidence rate: 38.13 per 100,000 residents
124. Littleton
Average daily incidence rate: 38.07 per 100,000 residents
125. Shrewsbury
Average daily incidence rate: 37.98 per 100,000 residents
126. Dover
Average daily incidence rate: 37.57 per 100,000 residents
127. Walpole
Average daily incidence rate: 37.01 per 100,000 residents
128. Millis
Average daily incidence rate: 36.32 per 100,000 residents
129. Whitman
Average daily incidence rate: 35.85 per 100,000 residents
130. Bellingham
Average daily incidence rate: 35.28 per 100,000 residents
131. Westfield
Average daily incidence rate: 35.23 per 100,000 residents
132. Dudley
Average daily incidence rate: 34.94 per 100,000 residents
133. Weymouth
Average daily incidence rate: 34.71 per 100,000 residents
134. Rowley
Average daily incidence rate: 34.68 per 100,000 residents
135. Southampton
Average daily incidence rate: 34.42 per 100,000 residents
136. Rockland
Average daily incidence rate: 33.95 per 100,000 residents
137. Ayer
Average daily incidence rate: 33.52 per 100,000 residents
138. Wareham
Average daily incidence rate: 33.08 per 100,000 residents
139. Yarmouth
Average daily incidence rate: 32.95 per 100,000 residents
140. Westford
Average daily incidence rate: 32.48 per 100,000 residents
141. Oxford
Average daily incidence rate: 32.21 per 100,000 residents
142. Southwick
Average daily incidence rate: 32.07 per 100,000 residents
143. Sturbridge
Average daily incidence rate: 31.76 per 100,000 residents
144. Douglas
Average daily incidence rate: 31.63 per 100,000 residents
145. Marshfield
Average daily incidence rate: 30.87 per 100,000 residents
146. Granby
Average daily incidence rate: 30.38 per 100,000 residents
147. Uxbridge
Average daily incidence rate: 30.2 per 100,000 residents
148. Carver
Average daily incidence rate: 29.74 per 100,000 residents
149. Plainville
Average daily incidence rate: 29.47 per 100,000 residents
150. Westminster
Average daily incidence rate: 29.29 per 100,000 residents
151. Townsend
Average daily incidence rate: 29 per 100,000 residents
152. Hamilton
Average daily incidence rate: 28.09 per 100,000 residents
153. Montague
Average daily incidence rate: 27.89 per 100,000 residents
154. Plymouth
Average daily incidence rate: 27.78 per 100,000 residents
155. Pembroke
Average daily incidence rate: 27.4 per 100,000 residents
156. Upton
Average daily incidence rate: 24.06 per 100,000 residents
157. Lancaster
Average daily incidence rate: 23.29 per 100,000 residents
158. Harwich
Average daily incidence rate: 23.26 per 100,000 residentsHere’s all of the state’s weekly individual community COVID-19 data:
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