MA Schools, Districts Report 252 New Coronavirus Cases

MASSACHUSETTS — New coronavirus cases were reported at 118 Massachusetts school districts among staff and students from Oct. 29 to Nov. 4, down from 122 districts the week before, according to new district-by-district coronavirus data released by the state Thursday. Six approved special education schools and one educational collaborative also reported cases.

The state reported 252 total new cases, down from the 286 cases reported last week. There were 154 student cases and 98 staff cases.

Only in-person and hybrid students and staff with building access are counted toward district numbers. The state estimated that there are 525,000 people in those two categories.

Nine school districts reported five or more cases: Beverly, Billerica, Fall River, Haverhill, Methuen, Newton, Quincy, Waltham and Winchester. Haverhill had the most cases, with 10. Nine of Haverhill's cases were staff members.

Sixty-one districts reported just one case and 282 reported none at all. Twenty-four educational collaboratives and 96 special education schools reported zero cases.

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

Pin colors correspond to the number of cases. Districts reporting zero cases are green, those reporting fewer than five are yellow and those with five or more are red.