Massachusetts Coronavirus: Updated Town-By-Town Case Count

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

Middlefield leapfrogged Chelsea as being the Massachusetts community with the highest rate of infection. With 89 cases, Middlefield in the western part of the state now has 19,618.25 cases per 100,000 residents. Chelsea has 1,447 confirmed coronavirus cases, or 3,841.8 per 100,000 residents.

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.

Several Massachusetts communities recorded big case count increases, according to the figures released Wednesday:

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 854 of the state's 42,944 cases because state health officials could not determine which town the patient lived in.

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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported 1,745 new confirmed coronavirus cases Wednesday, bringing the state's total to 42,944. The department also reported 221 new deaths, bringing the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Massachusetts to 2,182. The increase in the daily number of new cases comes after the five straight days of falling new case reports.

The 221 deaths was the highest single-day total since Massachusetts recorded its first coronavirus death on March 20. The 2,182 total deaths from coronavirus are six less than the 2,188 Massachusetts residents who died in the Vietnam and Korean Wars.

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