Here are the 229 Mass. communities in the ‘red zone’ for COVID-19 risk
Here's a look at each of the communities and their average daily case rates for the last two weeks.
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This week, 229 communities in Massachusetts have the highest rates of COVID-19 transmission, according to state data.
Communities in the “red zone” make up about 65 percent, or almost 2/3s, of the total number of cities and towns in the state.
The state itself is in the red zone with an average daily case count of 78 per 100,000 residents for the last two weeks, and sewer water from the region is showing record levels of COVID-19, according to recent samples.
Here’s a look at each of the communities with the highest rates of COVID-19 cases and their daily case counts on average for the last two weeks:
1. Gardner
Average daily case rate: 176.1 per 100,000 residents
2. Lawrence
Average daily case rate: 171.6 per 100,000 residents
3. Ayer
Average daily case rate:165.8 per 100,000 residents
4. Acushnet
Average daily case rate: 164.7 per 100,000 residents
5. Fairhaven
Average daily case rate: 155.7 per 100,000 residents
6. West Boylston
Average daily case rate: 154 per 100,000 residents
7. Fall River
Average daily case rate: 153.6 per 100,000 residents
8. Everett
Average daily case rate: 152.9 per 100,000 residents
9. Chelsea
Average daily case rate: 144.5 per 100,000 residents
10. Revere
Average daily case rate: 141.2 per 100,000 residents
11. Nantucket
Average daily case rate: 140.8 per 100,000 residents
12. New Bedford
Average daily case rate: 134.3 per 100,000 residents
13. Leominster
Average daily case rate: 128.6 per 100,000 residents
14. Lynn
Average daily case rate: 128.2 per 100,000 residents
15. Saugus
Average daily case rate: 127.9 per 100,000 residents
16. Methuen
Average daily case rate: 121.5 per 100,000 residents
17. Clinton
Average daily case rate: 121.2 per 100,000 residents
18. Peabody
Average daily case rate: 114.6 per 100,000 residents
19. Berkley
Average daily case rate: 113.2 per 100,000 residents
20. Dartmouth
Average daily case rate: 113.2 per 100,000 residents
21. Freetown
Average daily case rate: 112.1 per 100,000 residents
22. West Bridgewater
Average daily case rate: 109.8 per 100,000 residents
23. Swansea
Average daily case rate: 109.3 per 100,000 residents
24. Somerset
Average daily case rate: 104.9 per 100,000 residents
25. Kingston
Average daily case rate: 104.5 per 100,000 residents
26. Stoneham
Average daily case rate: 103.9 per 100,000 residents
27. Ludlow
Average daily case rate: 103.1 per 100,000 residents
28. Haverhill
Average daily case rate: 103 per 100,000 residents
29. Southbridge
Average daily case rate: 102.6 per 100,000 residents
30. Rochester
Average daily case rate: 101.9 per 100,000 residents
31. Weymouth
Average daily case rate: 100.7 per 100,000 residents
32. Avon
Average daily case rate: 99.6 per 100,000 residents
32. Randolph (tie)
Average daily case rate: 99.6 per 100,000 residents
34. Springfield
Average daily case rate: 98.7 per 100,000 residents
35. Tewksbury
Average daily case rate: 97.3 per 100,000 residents
36. Bridgewater
Average daily case rate: 97.1 per 100,000 residents
36. Scituate (tie)
Average daily case rate: 97.1 per 100,000 residents
36. Taunton (tie)
Average daily case rate: 97.1 per 100,000 residents
39. Holbrook
Average daily case rate: 97 per 100,000 residents
40. Braintree
Average daily case rate: 96.8 per 100,000 residents
40. Holyoke (tie)
Average daily case rate: 96.8 per 100,000 residents
42. Westport
Average daily case rate: 96.4 per 100,000 residents
43. Middleton
Average daily case rate: 95.9 per 100,000 residents
44. Winthrop
Average daily case rate: 95.4 per 100,000 residents
45. Rockland
Average daily case rate: 94.8 per 100,000 residents
46. Raynham
Average daily case rate: 94.5 per 100,000 residents
47. Fitchburg
Average daily case rate: 94.3 per 100,000 residents
48. Marshfield
Average daily case rate: 93.7 per 100,000 residents
48. Paxton (tie)
Average daily case rate: 93.7 per 100,000 residents
50. Mattapoisett
Average daily case rate: 93.5 per 100,000 residents
51. Marlborough
Average daily case rate: 93 per 100,000 residents
52. Wilmington
Average daily case rate: 92.9 per 100,000 residents
53. Salem
Average daily case rate: 92.8 per 100,000 residents
54. Worcester
Average daily case rate: 92.4 per 100,000 residents
55. East Brookfield
Average daily case rate: 92.3 per 100,000 residents
56. Woburn
Average daily case rate: 91.9 per 100,000 residents
57. Stoughton
Average daily case rate: 91.1 per 100,000 residents
58. Webster
Average daily case rate: 90.6 per 100,000 residents
59. Chicopee
Average daily case rate: 90.3 per 100,000 residents
60. Marion
Average daily case rate: 90.1 per 100,000 residents
61. Edgartown
Average daily case rate: 89.2 per 100,000 residents
61. Sturbridge (tie)
Average daily case rate: 89.2 per 100,000 residents
63. Holden
Average daily case rate: 89.1 per 100,000 residents
64. Leicester
Average daily case rate: 88.8 per 100,000 residents
65. West Brookfield
Average daily case rate: 88.7 per 100,000 residents
66. Ashburnham
Average daily case rate: 88.6 per 100,000 residents
67. Wilbraham
Average daily case rate: 88.5 per 100,000 residents
68. Brockton
Average daily case rate: 88.3 per 100,000 residents
68. Dighton (tie)
Average daily case rate: 88.3 per 100,000 residents
68. Pembroke (tie)
Average daily case rate: 88.3 per 100,000 residents
71. Malden
Average daily case rate: 88.1 per 100,000 residents
72. Lowell
Average daily case rate: 88 per 100,000 residents
73. Abington
Average daily case rate: 87.8 per 100,000 residents
74. Dracut
Average daily case rate: 87.3 per 100,000 residents
75. Swampscott
Average daily case rate: 87.1 per 100,000 residents
75. Templeton (tie)
Average daily case rate: 87.1 per 100,000 residents
77. Danvers
Average daily case rate: 86.2 per 100,000 residents
77. Millbury (tie)
Average daily case rate: 86.2 per 100,000 residents
79. Nahant
Average daily case rate: 86.1 per 100,000 residents
80. Spencer
Average daily case rate: 85.9 per 100,000 residents
81. Great Barrington
Average daily case rate: 85 per 100,000 residents
82. Wakefield
Average daily case rate: 84.8 per 100,000 residents
83.Westminster
Average daily case rate: 84 per 100,000 residents
84. Groveland
Average daily case rate: 83.5 per 100,000 residents
85. Shrewsbury
Average daily case rate: 83.2 per 100,000 residents
86. Easton
Average daily case rate: 83 per 100,000 residents
87. Cheshire
Average daily case rate: 82.7 per 100,000 residents
88. Beverly
Average daily case rate: 82.6 per 100,000 residents
89. Hanover
Average daily case rate: 81 per 100,000 residents
90. Hull
Average daily case rate: 80.9 per 100,000 residents
91. Southampton
Average daily case rate: 80.7 per 100,000 residents
92. Plymouth
Average daily case rate: 80.6 per 100,000 residents
93. Canton
Average daily case rate: 80.5 per 100,000 residents
94. Tisbury
Average daily case rate: 80.4 per 100,000 residents
95. Billerica
Average daily case rate: 79.8 per 100,000 residents
96. Auburn
Average daily case rate: 79.3 per 100,000 residents
97. Reading
Average daily case rate: 79 per 100,000 residents
98. Brimfield
Average daily case rate: 78.6 per 100,000 residents
99. Milton
Average daily case rate: 78.3 per 100,000 residents
99. Salisbury (tie)
Average daily case rate: 78.3 per 100,000 residents
101. Hudson
Average daily case rate: 78 per 100,000 residents
102. Hamilton
Average daily case rate: 77.5 per 100,000 residents
103. Oxford
Average daily case rate: 77.4 per 100,000 residents
104. West Springfield
Average daily case rate: 77.2 per 100,000 residents
105. Seekonk
Average daily case rate: 76.5 per 100,000 residents
106. Berlin
Average daily case rate: 75.3 per 100,000 residents
107. Ashland
Average daily case rate: 75.1 per 100,000 residents
108. Medford
Average daily case rate: 74.6 per 100,000 residents
109. Sterling
Average daily case rate: 74.5 per 100,000 residents
110. Northborough
Average daily case rate: 74.3 per 100,000 residents
110. Winchendon (tie)
Average daily case rate: 74.3 per 100,000 residents
112.Rehoboth
Average daily case rate: 74.2 per 100,000 residents
113. Lynnfield
Average daily case rate: 73.9 per 100,000 residents
114. Charlton
Average daily case rate: 73.6 per 100,000 residents
115. Lakeville
Average daily case rate: 73.5 per 100,000 residents
116. East Longmeadow
Average daily case rate: 73.1 per 100,000 residents
116. North Andover (tie)
Average daily case rate: 73.1 per 100,000 residents
118. Walpole
Average daily case rate: 72.9 per 100,000 residents
119. Boston
Average daily case rate: 72.4 per 100,000 residents
120. Easthampton
Average daily case rate: 72.3 per 100,000 residents
121. Agawam
Average daily case rate: 72.2 per 100,000 residents
122. Dedham
Average daily case rate: 71.5 per 100,000 residents
122. Monson (tie)
Average daily case rate: 71.5 per 100,000 residents
124. Palmer
Average daily case rate: 71.3 per 100,000 residents
125. East Bridgewater
Average daily case rate: 71.1 per 100,000 residents
126. Duxbury
Average daily case rate: 70.9 per 100,000 residents
126. Gloucester (tie)
Average daily case rate: 70.9 per 100,000 residents
126. Milford (tie)
Average daily case rate: 70.9 per 100,000 residents
129. Hingham
Average daily case rate: 70.8 per 100,000 residents
130. Westfield
Average daily case rate: 69.4 per 100,000 residents
131. Middleborough
Average daily case rate: 69.3 per 100,000 residents
132. Westwood
Average daily case rate: 69 per 100,000 residents
133. Norwood
Average daily case rate: 68.9 per 100,000 residents
134. Dudley
Average daily case rate: 68.7 per 100,000 residents
135. Foxborough
Average daily case rate: 68.3 per 100,000 residents
135. Hanson (tie)
Average daily case rate: 68.3 per 100,000 residents
137. Rowley
Average daily case rate: 68.2 per 100,000 residents
138. North Brookfield
Average daily case rate: 67.9 per 100,000 residents
139. Framingham
Average daily case rate: 67.5 per 100,000 residents
140. Boxford
Average daily case rate: 67.3 per 100,000 residents
141. Wrentham
Average daily case rate: 67.2 per 100,000 residents
142. Waltham
Average daily case rate: 66.9 per 100,000 residents
143. Boylston
Average daily case rate: 66.8 per 100,000 residents
143. Burlington (tie)
Average daily case rate: 66.8 per 100,000 residents
145. Lunenberg
Average daily case rate: 66.5 per 100,000 residents
146. Merrimac
Average daily case rate: 66.3 per 100,000 residents
147. Ware
Average daily case rate: 66.1 per 100,000 residents
148. Andover
Average daily case rate: 65.6 per 100,000 residents
149. Norwell
Average daily case rate: 65.3 per 100,000 residents
149. Whitman (tie)
Average daily case rate: 65.3 per 100,000 residents
151. Athol
Average daily case rate: 65 per 100,000 residents
152. Lee
Average daily case rate: 64.9 per 100,000 residents
153. North Reading
Average daily case rate: 64.8 per 100,000 residents
154. Barnstable
Average daily case rate: 64.5 per 100,000 residents
155. Hampden
Average daily case rate: 64.2 per 100,000 residents
156. Hatfield
Average daily case rate: 64 per 100,000 residents
156. Quincy (tie)
Average daily case rate: 64 per 100,000 residents
158. Brookfield
Average daily case rate: 63.9 per 100,000 residents
159. Mansfield
Average daily case rate: 63.5 per 100,000 residents
160. Tyngsborough
Average daily case rate: 63.2 per 100,000 residents
161. Cohasset
Average daily case rate: 63.1 per 100,000 residents
162. Shirley
Average daily case rate: 62.8 per 100,000 residents
163. Sandwich
Average daily case rate: 62.4 per 100,000 residents
164. Pittsfield
Average daily case rate: 62.1 per 100,000 residents
164. Chelmsford (tie)
Average daily case rate: 61.2 per 100,000 residents
166. Lancaster
Average daily case rate: 60.7 per 100,000 residents
167. Wenham
Average daily case rate: 60.4 per 100,000 residents
168. Amesbury
Average daily case rate: 60.2 per 100,000 residents
169. Sutton
Average daily case rate: 59.8 per 100,000 residents
170. Marblehead
Average daily case rate: 59.7 per 100,000 residents
171. Carver
Average daily case rate: 59.5 per 100,000 residents
172. Rutland
Average daily case rate: 58.8 per 100,000 residents
173. Dalton
Average daily case rate: 58.5 per 100,000 residents
174. Millis
Average daily case rate: 58.1 per 100,000 residents
175. Townsend
Average daily case rate: 58 per 100,000 residents
176. Somerville
Average daily case rate: 57.9 per 100,000 residents
177. North Attleborough
Average daily case rate: 57.7 per 100,000 residents
178. Attleboro
Average daily case rate: 57.3 per 100,000 residents
179. Maynard
Average daily case rate: 57 per 100,000 residents
180. Topsfield
Average daily case rate: 56.9 per 100,000 residents
181. Wareham
Average daily case rate: 56.1 per 100,000 residents
182. Ipswich
Average daily case rate: 55.9 per 100,000 residents
183. Sunderland
Average daily case rate: 55.7 per 100,000 residents
184. Plainville
Average daily case rate: 55.1 per 100,000 residents
185. Sherborn
Average daily case rate: 54.9 per 100,000 residents
186. Hopedale
Average daily case rate: 54.5 per 100,000 residents
187. Holliston
Average daily case rate: 54.1 per 100,000 residents
188. Georgetown
Average daily case rate: 53.3 per 100,000 residents
188. Longmeadow (tie)
Average daily case rate: 53.3 per 100,000 residents
188. Mashpee (tie)
Average daily case rate: 53.3 per 100,000 residents
191. Southwick
Average daily case rate: 53.2 per 100,000 residents
192. Granby
Average daily case rate: 52.6 per 100,000 residents
192. Norfolk (tie)
Average daily case rate: 52.6 per 100,000 residents
194. Norton
Average daily case rate: 52.4 per 100,000 residents
195. Bourne
Average daily case rate: 52.3 per 100,000 residents
195. Halifax (tie)
Average daily case rate: 52.3 per 100,000 residents
197. Hadley
Average daily case rate: 51.7 per 100,000 residents
197. Millville (tie)
Average daily case rate: 51.7 per 100,000 residents
199. Barre
Average daily case rate: 51.4 per 100,000 residents
199. Blackstone (tie)
Average daily case rate: 51.4 per 100,000 residents
201. Hopkinton
Average daily case rate: 50.6 per 100,000 residents
202. Harwich
Average daily case rate: 50.5 per 100,000 residents
202. Littleton (tie)
Average daily case rate:50.5 per 100,000 residents
204. South Hadley
Average daily case rate: 49 per 100,000 residents
205. Belchertown
Average daily case rate: 48.9 per 100,000 residents
206. Chatham
Average daily case rate: 46.6 per 100,000 residents
207. Westford
Average daily case rate: 46.1 per 100,000 residents
208. Dennis
Average daily case rate: 45.8 per 100,000 residents
209. Orange
Average daily case rate: 45.7 per 100,000 residents
210. Newbury
Average daily case rate: 45.4 per 100,000 residents
211. Manchester
Average daily case rate: 45.2 per 100,000 residents
212. Warren
Average daily case rate: 44.6 per 100,000 residents
213. Dover
Average daily case rate: 44.5 per 100,000 residents
214. Oak Bluffs
Average daily case rate: 43.9 per 100,000 residents
214. Uxbridge (tie)
Average daily case rate: 43.9 per 100,000 residents
216. Grafton
Average daily case rate: 43.7 per 100,000 residents
217. Bellingham
Average daily case rate: 43.2 per 100,000 residents
218. Medway
Average daily case rate: 42.6 per 100,000 residents
219. Southborough
Average daily case rate: 42.1 per 100,000 residents
220. Yarmouth
Average daily case rate: 41.6 per 100,000 residents
221. Franklin
Average daily case rate: 40.2 per 100,000 residents
222. Adams
Average daily case rate: 39.9 per 100,000 residents
223. Pepperell
Average daily case rate: 38.4 per 100,000 residents
224. Orleans
Average daily case rate: 35.6 per 100,000 residents
225. Douglas
Average daily case rate: 34.6 per 100,000 residents
226. Rockport
Average daily case rate: 34.3 per 100,000 residents
227. Stow
Average daily case rate: 33.5 per 100,000 residents
228. Brewster
Average daily case rate: 28.1 per 100,000 residents
229. Upton
Average daily case rate: 27.2 per 100,000 residents
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