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Coronavirus Hot Spots: The 50 Mass. Cities and Towns With the Highest Rates

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For the 10th straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town.

Health officials also released data showing which communities had the highest rates of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through June 17.

Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts communities with the highest rates of positive COVID-19 cases right now:

CommunityNumber of CasesRate of Cases
Chelsea2,8857,659.63
Brockton4,1724,246.39
Lawrence3,4433,904.69
Everett1,7243,551.97
Lynn3,5483,516.24
Revere1,7332,844.89
Randolph9382,741.17
Worcester5,1122,664.32
Danvers7192,517.88
Lowell2,8072,402.05
Framingham1,7072,292.31
Marlborough9662,223.81
Holyoke8992,181.81
Milford6362,170.41
Stoughton6002,169.39
Shirley1752,076.17
New Bedford2,0522,061.17
Braintree8082,052.86
Boston13,7831,983.26
West Bridgewater1421,959.29
Saugus5531,945.44
Topsfield1121,916.52
Norwood5681,886.28
Tewksbury5741,864.20
Methuen9951,858.04
Hampden911,841.81
Fitchburg7761,840.93
Haverhill1,2091,836.11
Waltham1,2181,827.20
Malden1,2111,787.36
Westborough3361,783.23
Bedford2621,758.82
Peabody9691,737.62
Fall River1,5431,725.04
Northbridge3101,723.72
Holbrook1941,717.57
Clinton2411,712.23
Springfield2,6971,703.37
Wrentham1911,694.09
Taunton9621,679.51
Medford1,0141,667.37
Stoneham3691,654.42
Avon721,643.58
Leominster6671,643.18
Northborough2231,628.83
Ayer1301,608.91
East Longmeadow2701,596.26
Raynham2371,586.66
Middleton1631,579.56
Agawam4501,573.19

Rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people (Jan. 1-June 17, 2020)

Additionally, the Department of Public Health listed the number of people tested in each community and the percentage of positive tests. Statewide, 13.97% of those tested were positive for coronavirus, the second straight week in which that rate decreased by about a percentage point. Among cities and towns with more than 10 positive cases, Chelsea still had the highest percentage of positive tests with 37.09%, followed by Everett and Lynn, both of which had around 27% positive tests.

Health officials note that these numbers reflect the number of people tested, not the number of tests performed, and that those people may have had more than one test.

Most of these communities appeared on last week's list as well. Here is a closer look at that list, which was the seventh town-by-town breakdown released by the state.

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