For the third straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town.
They also released data showing which communities had the highest rate of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through April 29. Updated numbers will now be released by 4 p.m. every Wednesday.
Some of those communities were not particularly surprising. For example, state officials have already made note of the fact that Chelsea is experiencing an incredibly high rate of coronavirus cases. And the outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home has prompted both state and federal inquiries.
But others -- like tiny Avon, with a population of just 4,500 -- haven't received as much attention despite a high rate of coronavirus cases.
Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts communities with the highest rate of positive COVID-19 cases right now:
- Chelsea – 1,965 cases, 5,217.10 rate
- Brockton – 2,735 cases, 2,783.76 rate
- Everett – 1,004 cases, 2,068.55 rate
- Lynn – 2,056 cases, 2,037.60 rate
- Randolph – 643 cases, 1,879.07 rate
- Lawrence – 1,639 cases, 1,858.78 rate
- Revere – 1,123 cases, 1,843.51 rate
- Danvers – 467 cases, 1,635.39 rate
- Topsfield – 87 cases, 1,488.72 rate
- Stoughton – 401 cases, 1,449.88 rate
- Braintree – 570 cases, 1,448.18 rate
- Holyoke – 596 cases, 1,446.45 rate
- Lowell – 1,649 cases, 1,411.11 rate
- Shirley – 115 cases, 1,364.32 rate
- Boston – 9,284 cases, 1,335.89 rate
- Norwood – 390 cases, 1,295.15 rate
- Medford – 756 cases, 1,243.13 rate
- Holbrook – 135 cases, 1,195.21 rate
- Worcester – 2,284 cases, 1,190.40 rate
- Raynham – 176 cases, 1,178.28 rate
- Stoneham – 260 cases, 1,165.71 rate
- Tewksbury – 357 cases, 1,159.44 rate
- Rockland – 206 cases, 1,142.13 rate
- Longmeadow – 177 cases, 1,141.22 rate
- Waltham – 748 cases, 1,122.12 rate
- Westborough – 209 cases, 1,109.21 rate
- Malden – 751 cases, 1,108.43 rate
- Agawam – 317 cases, 1,108.22 rate
- Framingham – 816 cases, 1,095.80 rate
- Avon – 48 cases, 1,095.72 rate
- Peabody – 611 cases, 1,095.66 rate
- Milford – 316 cases, 1,078.38 rate
- Methuen – 576 cases, 1,075.61 rate
- Williamstown – 79 cases, 1,072.10 rate
- Wrentham – 120 cases, 1,064.35 rate
- Middleton – 109 cases, 1056.27 rate
- Millbury – 144 cases, 1,054.40 rate
- East Longmeadow – 178 cases, 1,052.35 rate
- Saugus – 298 cases, 1,048.36
- Templeton – 93 cases, 1,041.32 rate
- Bedford – 152 cases, 1,020.38 rate
- Wilmington – 241 cases, 988.79 rate
- Marlborough – 429 cases, 987.59 rate
- Taunton – 558 cases, 974.18 rate
- Attleboro – 443 cases, 957.47 rate
- Northborough – 130 cases, 949.54 rate
- Canton – 219 cases, 949.50 rate
- Dracut – 296 cases, 916.26 rate
- Haverhill – 600 cases, 911.22 rate
- Greenfield – 157 cases, 904.15 rateate
Rate per 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases (Jan. 1-April 29, 2020)
U.S. & World
Many of these communities appeared on last week's list as well. Here is a closer look at that list, which was the second town-by-town breakdown released by the state.
