MA Town-By-Town Coronavirus Stats: Positive Rate Drops To 1.03%

MASSACHUSETTS — Massachusetts reported continued declines across all coronavirus metrics again Thursday, with the positive test rate falling to 1.03 percent from 1.17 percent last week.

The weekly average death rate ticked up to 9.3 deaths per day, but the average case rate and hospitalization rate both continued to fall.

The Department of Public Health labeled just two communities as high risk for the coronavirus, down from six in the previous report. Only Lawrence and New Bedford remain in the high-risk category, and both reported positive test rates below 5 percent.

The state reported 538 coronavirus cases, nine deaths and 62,539 vaccine doses administered Thursday.

The latest vaccine report shows the number of residents who are fully vaccinated has risen to 3.33 million. Another 920,268 have received one dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine.

Of the 8.7 million doses the state has received, 84.4 percent have been administered.

The seven-day average number of hospitalized patients was 346, down from 436 a week prior. There were 111 patients in intensive care.

The positive test rate over the last two weeks fell in 211 — or 60.1 percent — of the 351 communities in the state. The rate rose in 66 — or 18.8 percent — of the communities and held steady in the remaining 74. Two-week confirmed case counts rose in 41 communities.

There were 8.7 average daily cases per 100,000 residents of the state over that period, down from 12.5 last week.

To date, there have been 658,441 cases and 17,442 deaths statewide since the pandemic began. Officials estimated there were 11,507 active cases as of Thursday.

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The state reported 56,711 new tests Thursday, bringing the total to 22.5 million.

The data includes coronavirus cases for all Massachusetts communities, except for those with populations under 50,000 and fewer than five cases. The department said the stipulation was designed to protect the privacy of patients in those towns and cities.

The state releases town-by-town testing data every Thursday, including the number of people tested, the testing rate, the positive test rate, cases and infection rates.

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How to use this map: Zoom in on the map below and click on a pin to see that community's coronavirus case data. You can also view the town-by-town coronavirus data in the spreadsheet we used to create this map.

The map does not include 1,097 of the state's cases because state health officials could not determine which communities the patients lived in.

Pin colors correspond to the state's risk designations. Red pins are high-risk, or red, communities. Yellow pins are medium risk, green pins low risk and grey pins at most 15 total cases for communities over 50,000 people and 10 for smaller communities.