Latest Town-By-Town Coronavirus Case Counts For Massachusetts

MASSACHUSETTS — The state Department of Public Health updated town-by-town data on the new coronavirus Wednesday.

It was the fourth week the department included expanded town-by-town testing data, including the total number of persons tested, the testing rate, and the positive test rate in addition to the case and infection rate for each of the state's 351 municipalities. Prior to last week, the department had only released the number of cases and the infection rate.

The data, which is updated weekly, includes confirmed coronavirus for all 351 Massachusetts towns and cities, except for communities 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.

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

The statewide infection rate is 1459.12 confirmed cases per 100,000 residents. The map does not include 274 of the state's 101,654 cases because state health officials could not determine which town the patient lived in.

Statewide, there were 266 new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday, as well as 69 reported deaths. Since the first reported death on March 20, there have been 7,734 coronavirus-related deaths reported in Massachusetts.

The state conducted 8,313 tests Wednesday, bringing the total number of completed tests to 727,549. The state also conducted 1,145 antibody tests, bringing the total to 59,940.

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