MA Coronavirus: Updated Town-By-Town Case Counts

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 326 of the state's 72,025 cases because state health officials could not determine which town the patient lived in.

Poor Communities Hit Hardest

Statewide, there are 1,033.83 confirmed cases per 100,000 residents. But some of the state's poorest communities have infection rates far higher than that:

Statewide Data

The state reported 1,754 new cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 72,025. The state also reported 208 new coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the total to 4,420 since the first death was recorded March 20.

The statewide number of new confirmed cases was up from Tuesday, when the Department of Public Health reported 1,184 new cases while conducting 9,081 tests. Today's numbers came when the state conducted 6,290 tests.

Wednesday's increase of 208 reported deaths was the highest daily death toll to date. The number of reported deaths was up from 122 on Tuesday and 74 on Monday.

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