Wayland Off State's Red 'High-Risk' List For Coronavirus

WAYLAND, MA — After appearing for the first time on the state's list of red "high-risk" communities for coronavirus, Wayland has fallen off the list thanks to fewer positive tests.

The state uses two key metrics to determine whether a city or town is high-risk: the number of new daily cases per 100,000 residents, and the community-wide positive test rate. The week ending Jan. 7, Wayland was adding 54 new cases per day per 100,000 people, and the positive test rate was just above 5 percent.

Over the week ending Jan. 14, new daily cases actually rose to 54.6 per day per 100,000 people. But the positive test rate dropped to 4.32 percent.

There are now 229 out of 351 communities in Massachusetts on the high-risk list, and that includes nearby towns like Framingham, Marlborough, Ashland and Southborough.