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

Chelsea continued to top the list with 2,779 confirmed COVID-19 cases, an increase of 66 cases since last week, and a rate of 7,378.28 per 100,000 people

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For the eighth 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 June 3.

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
Chelsea2,7797,378.28
Brockton4,0644,136.46
Lawrence3,1633,587.15
Lynn3,4303,399.30
Everett1,6473,393.33
Revere1,6672,736.54
Randolph9122,665.18
Worcester4,9102,559.04
Danvers7062,472.35
Lowell2,6712,285.67
Framingham1,6812,257.40
Marlborough9382,159.35
Stoughton5912,136.85
Milford6172,105.57
Shirley1732,052.42
Holyoke8422,043.47
Braintree7932,014.75
West Bridgewater1431,973.09
Boston13,4171,930.59
New Bedford1,9101,918.54
Topsfield1101,882.29
Norwood5631,869.67
Tewksbury5741,864.20
Saugus5261,850.46
Fitchburg7581,798.22
Westborough3331,767.31
Waltham1,1701,755.19
Methuen9391,753.47
Haverhill1,1351,723.73
Bedford2541,705.11
Malden1,1511,698.80
Peabody9471,698.18
Northbridge3041,690.36
Hampden831,679.90
Wrentham1891,676.35
Holbrook1871,655.59
Medford9941,634.48
Taunton9341,630.62
Stoneham3631,627.51
Springfield2,5731,625.06
Clinton2271,612.76
Northborough2201,606.92
East Longmeadow2671,578.53
Rockland2841,574.59
Avon681,552.27
Middleton1601,550.49
Agawam4401,538.23
Fall River1,3631,523.80
Raynham2271,519.71
Leominster6131,510.15

Rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people (Jan. 1-June 3, 2020)

Additionally, the DPH listed the number of people tested in each community and the percentage of positive tests. Statewide, 15.95% of those tested were positive for coronavirus. Among cities and towns with more than 10 positive cases, Chelsea had the highest percentage of positive tests with 39.17%, followed by Lynn and Everett, which had 29.62% and 29.54% positive tests, respectively.

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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