Latest Town-By-Town Coronavirus Case Counts For Massachusetts
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 statewide infection rate is 1,277.06 confirmed cases per 100,000 residents. The map does not include 284 of the state's 88,970 cases because state health officials could not determine which town the patient lived in.
Statewide, there were 1,045 new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday, as well as 128 reported deaths. Since the first reported death on March 20, there have been 6,066 coronavirus-related deaths in Massachusetts.
The state conducted 13,013 tests Wednesday, bringing the total number of completed tests to 489,953. The current hospitalization rate as of Wednesday was 2,518 patients, including 675 patients in intensive care.
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This article originally appeared on the Boston Patch
