Medfield Coronavirus Update: Latest State Numbers

MEDFIELD, MA — In a week when 40 Massachusetts communities were designated as a high risk for the coronavirus, Medfield held steady and remained a low risk community.

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. Towns were marked high-risk, or red, if they reported more than eight confirmed COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents over the past two weeks.

Medfield remained a "gray community," a designation reserved for communities with less than five new cases over the last two weeks. Medfield averaged 1.25 new daily cases per 100,000 residents.

The latest data showed the positive test rate over the last two weeks increased in 146 of the 351 communities in the state. The rate fell in 70 communities and held steady in the remaining 135.

Medfield's case count over the last 14 days was less than five, bringing the total number of cases to 49, according to state data. The town has conducted 974 tests over the past two weeks, two of which came back positive. There have been 5,668 tests conducted overall in Foxborough.

The town's percent positive rate over the last two weeks was .21 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.

View the state's interactive COVID-19 map.