Lynnfield Coronavirus Cases Decrease, Town Remains 'Low Risk'

LYNNFIELD, MA — Lynnfield's COVID-19 cases decreased over the last two weeks, securing the town's spot on the state's "low risk" community list. Lynnfield reported five new COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks, bringing the total case count to 156.

Lynnfield is considered a "low risk" community because it has an average daily incidence rate of 3.1 cases per every 100,000 residents.

In the last two weeks, Lynnfield tested 1,126 people for a total of 6,556 tests administered in town. Ten tests have come back positive over the last two weeks. The town's percent positive rate over the last two weeks lowered to o.89 percent. Health officials say positive test results need to stay below 5 percent for two weeks or longer and, preferably, be closer to 2 percent, for states to safely ease restrictions.

State rules mean that high-risk communities, plus others that were high-risk in the last two updates, cannot move on to the next phase of reopening. Sixty-three communities were designated high-risk in the new town-by-town data released by the state Wednesday.

View the state's interactive COVID-19 map.