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The number of Massachusetts communities classified as “high risk” for transmission of COVID-19 continued to decline sharply on Thursday, according to the latest data from the Department of Public Health.
There are now 66 cities and towns with the highest risk designation on Thursday. Last week, the number of cities reported as high risk was 110, up from 153 the week before.
This represents a 40% decrease in the number of high risk communities compared to last week and a 30.5% decrease in the number of people living in high risk communities.
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Here are the cities and towns currently at high risk by county:
Barnstable County: Barnstable, Brewster, Chatham, Orléans
Bristol County: Acushnet, Berkley, Dighton, Fall River, Freetown, New Bedford, Raynham, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, Taunton, Westport
Essex County: Boxford, Georgetown, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lynn, Methuen, Peabody, Saugus
Franklin County: Sunderland
Hampden County: Chicopee, Holyoke, Ludlow, Southwick, Springfield
Hampshire County: Southampton, Ware
Middlesex County: Ayer, Dracut, Littleton, Lowell, northern reading
Norfolk County: Cohasset, Plainville, Weymouth
Plymouth County: Abington, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Lakeville, Marion, Middleborough, Plymouth, Rockland, West Bridgewater, Whitman
Suffolk County: Chelsea, curtsy
County of Worcester: Blackstone, Bolton, Clinton, Douglas, Gardner, Lancaster, Leominster, Oxford, Rutland, Southbridge, Sterling, Templeton, Westminster
The risk designations – which are colored, gray, green, yellow and red depending on infection levels – are determined using several new parameters for three population categories: communities of less than 10,000 inhabitants; between 10,000 and 50,000; and greater than 50,000.
For communities of less than 10,000 residents, “gray” will be assigned if there are 10 total cases or less; “Green” if there are more than 15 cases; “Yellow” if there are up to 25 cases; and “red” if there are more than 25 cases.
For communities of 10,000 to 50,000 residents, “gray” will be assigned if there are 10 total cases or less; “Green” if there are less than 10 average cases per 100,000 inhabitants and more than 10 cases; “Yellow” if there are 10 or more cases per 100,000 residents or a test positivity rate of 5% or more; and “red” if there are 10 or more cases per 100,000 residents and a test positivity rate of 5% or more.
And for communities with more than 50,000 residents, “gray” will be assigned if there are 15 total cases or less; “Green” if there are less than 10 average cases per 100,000 inhabitants and more than 15 cases; “Yellow” if there are 10 or more cases per 100,000 residents or a test positive rate of 4% or more; and “red” if there are 10 or more cases per 100,000 residents and a test positivity rate of 4% or more.
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