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Here are the 102 cities and towns in Massachusetts getting free rapid COVID-19 tests to give out

Local officials will decide how to hand out the tests, whether it be targeted outreach or public distribution sites.

Gov. Charlie Baker, Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders, and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito discuss COVID-19 testing in a State House press conference Monday. Pat Greenhouse / The Boston Globe

By Nik DeCosta-Klipa

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From Winthrop to West Springfield, more than a hundred cities and towns in Massachusetts are getting rapid COVID-19 tests to distribute to residents for free, under a state plan announced Monday by Gov. Charlie Baker.

According to the Baker administration, the 102 communities were selected because they had the highest percentage of families below the poverty line.

And state officials will begin divvying up and delivering the 2.1 million iHealth Labs rapid tests this week. As long as they prioritize low-income families, local officials can distribute the tests however they like, from targeted outreach to those most in need to public distribution sites.

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Here’s the full list of communities receiving the kits:

  • Adams
  • Amherst
  • Athol
  • Attleboro
  • Avon
  • Barnstable
  • Bernardston
  • Beverly
  • Boston
  • Bridgewater
  • Brockton
  • Brookline
  • Buckland
  • Cambridge
  • Charlemont
  • Chelsea
  • Chicopee
  • Chilmark
  • Clarksburg
  • Colrain
  • Dennis
  • Eastham
  • Erving
  • Everett
  • Fall River
  • Fitchburg
  • Florida
  • Framingham
  • Gardner
  • Gloucester
  • Granville
  • Great Barrington
  • Greenfield
  • Halifax
  • Hamilton
  • Haverhill
  • Hawley
  • Heath
  • Hinsdale
  • Holyoke
  • Huntington
  • Lawrence
  • Leominster
  • Leyden
  • Lincoln
  • Lowell
  • Ludlow
  • Lynn
  • Malden
  • Methuen
  • Middleborough
  • Milford
  • Millville
  • Monroe
  • Montague
  • Mount Washington
  • New Bedford
  • New Braintree
  • Newbury
  • North Adams
  • North Attleborough
  • Northampton
  • Norwood
  • Oak Bluffs
  • Orange
  • Orleans
  • Oxford
  • Palmer
  • Peabody
  • Peru
  • Pittsfield
  • Quincy
  • Randolph
  • Revere
  • Rockland
  • Rockport
  • Russell
  • Salem
  • Saugus
  • Savoy
  • Somerville
  • South Hadley
  • Southbridge
  • Southwick
  • Springfield
  • Stoughton
  • Taunton
  • Uxbridge
  • Wales
  • Waltham
  • Ware
  • Wareham
  • Webster
  • Wendell
  • West Boylston
  • West Springfield
  • West Stockbridge
  • Weston
  • Williamstown
  • Winchendon
  • Winthrop
  • Worcester

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