MA Coronavirus: Updated Town-By-Town Case Count

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

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 map does not include 446 of the state's 60,265 cases because state health officials could not determine which town the patient lived in.

Big Jumps In Town-By-Town Case Count

In the town-by-town data released Wednesday, Chelsea continued to be the Massachusetts community hardest hit by the new coronavirus pandemic, with 5,217.1 cases per 100,000 residents. Chelsea was followed by Brockton (2,783.76 cases per 100,000 residents), Everett (2,068.55), Lynn (2,037.6) and Randolph (1,879.07).

The following towns saw the biggest increases in the number of confirmed cases between April 22 and April 29:

Note: An earlier version of this table included incorrect data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Amherst had a total of 33 cases on April 29, up from 106.25 percent from 16 cases on April 22.

Statewide Data

The state reported 1,963 new confirmed cases in Massachusetts, bringing the total to 60,265. The number of reported coronavirus-related deaths rose 252 to 3,405 since the first death was recorded March 20.

It was the most deaths reported on a single day since the pandemic started.

The state's hospitalization rate for confirmed cases continued to creep down, hitting six percent. The Department of Public Health also said it conducted 11,118 more tests Wednesday, bringing the total number of tests conducted to 265,618.

Statewide, the infection rate rose to 865.03 cases per 100,000 residents.

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