For the sixth 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 rate of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through May 13.
Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts communities with the highest rates of positive COVID-19 cases right now:
| Community | Number of cases | Rate of cases |
| Chelsea | 2,598 | 6,897.72 |
| Brockton | 3,773 | 3,840.27 |
| Lynn | 3,117 | 3,089.1 |
| Lawrence | 2,681 | 3,040.51 |
| Everett | 1,474 | 3,036.9 |
| Randolph | 864 | 2,524.91 |
| Revere | 1,506 | 2,472.24 |
| Danvers | 643 | 2,251.73 |
| Worcester | 4,299 | 2,240.6 |
| Lowell | 2,457 | 2,102.54 |
| Stoughton | 557 | 2,013.92 |
| Framingham | 1,493 | 2,004.93 |
| Milford | 575 | 1,962.24 |
| Braintree | 754 | 1,915.66 |
| Marlborough | 829 | 1,908.42 |
| Shirley | 158 | 1,874.46 |
| Holyoke | 764 | 1,854.17 |
| Boston | 12,629 | 1,817.2 |
| Topsfield | 106 | 1,813.85 |
| Tewksbury | 543 | 1,763.52 |
| Norwood | 513 | 1,703.63 |
| Westborough | 319 | 1,693.01 |
| Saugus | 480 | 1,688.63 |
| West Bridgewater | 120 | 1,655.74 |
| Haverhill | 1,066 | 1,618.94 |
| Wrentham | 182 | 1,614.27 |
| Waltham | 1,071 | 1,606.67 |
| New Bedford | 1,583 | 1,590.07 |
| Peabody | 877 | 1,572.65 |
| Northbridge | 281 | 1,562.47 |
| Holbrook | 176 | 1,558.21 |
| Bedford | 232 | 1,557.42 |
| Malden | 1,053 | 1,554.16 |
| Methuen | 827 | 1,544.32 |
| Stoneham | 342 | 1,533.36 |
| Avon | 67 | 1,529.44 |
| Medford | 922 | 1,516.09 |
| Fitchburg | 631 | 1,496.94 |
| Taunton | 854 | 1,490.95 |
| Agawam | 423 | 1,478.8 |
| Raynham | 218 | 1,459.46 |
| Rockland | 262 | 1,452.61 |
| East Longmeadow | 238 | 1,407.08 |
| Northborough | 192 | 1,402.4 |
| Middleton | 144 | 1,395.44 |
| Springfield | 2,186 | 1,380.63 |
| Millbury | 184 | 1,347.29 |
| Wilbraham | 195 | 1,340.9 |
| Beverly | 542 | 1,316.6 |
| Dracut | 422 | 1,306.29 |
Rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people (Jan. 1-May 20, 2020)
Most of these communities appeared on last week's list as well. Here is a closer look at that list, which was the third town-by-town breakdown released by the state.
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