MA Town-By-Town Coronavirus Stats: Zero High-Risk Communities

MASSACHUSETTS — For the first time since the state began releasing weekly municipality coronavirus reports, zero Massachusetts cities and town were designated as high risk for community spread.

Last week, the Department of Public Health labeled Tisbury as the only high-risk town, but the continued decline of COVID-19 is now visible in every Massachusetts city and town. The state reported continued declines across all coronavirus metrics Thursday, with the positive test rate falling to 0.62 percent from 0.8 percent last week. The state reported 241 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths Thursday.

Vaccines

The latest vaccine report shows the number of residents who are fully vaccinated has risen to 3.72 million. Another 746,751 have received one dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine. Health care workers in Massachusetts administered 34,846 vaccine doses Thursday.

More than 59 percent of Massachusetts communities had at least half of their residents fully vaccinated, but some lagged far behind, according to state data. Florida and Buckland sat at the bottom with 9 percent of their residents fully vaccinated. Other communities like Chilmark and Williamsburg had over 90 percent of their residents fully vaccinated.

Of the 9.25 million doses the state has received, 85.7 percent have been administered.

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

Note: Data for some towns may be missing up to 30 vaccinated individuals, as certain age groups, ethnicities and other demographics were omitted from the state data if there were 30 or less in that bracket.

Other Key Coronavirus Metrics

The weekly average death rate fell to a new low of 3.7 deaths per day. The average case rate and hospitalization rate also fell and there are fewer than 5,100 estimated active cases, according to the weekly town-by-town coronavirus report.

The seven-day average number of hospitalized patients was 230, down from 270 a week prior. There were 69 patients in intensive care.

The positive test rate over the last two weeks fell in 199 — or 56.7 percent — of the 351 communities in the state. The rate rose in 45 — or 12.8 percent — of the communities and held steady in the remaining 107.

There were 3.9 average daily cases per 100,000 residents of the state over that period, down from 6.1 last week.

To date, there have been 661,635 cases and 17,530 deaths statewide since the pandemic began.

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The state reported 55,036 new tests Thursday, bringing the total to 23.04 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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