High Risk Communities

Seven more city employees have tested positive for COVID-19 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, including four firefighters, the city’s mayor announced. Mayor Paul Heroux said that outside the four firefighters, the three additional cases occurred in employees outside City Hall. Heroux also said he as approved an ‘injured on duty,’ designation to allow the four firefighters to receive benefits because all...

Three cities that have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic are receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of personal protective equipment, thanks to Woburn-based firm Mascon Medical. Revere and Chelsea are getting a boost to their coronavirus response efforts with a donation of $400,000 worth of masks, gowns, face shields, electro-static sprayers and other PPE. Both cities have…

A Massachusetts medical company is donating hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of personal protective equipment to two cities hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

Revere and Chelsea are being gifted $400,000 worth of masks, gowns, face shields, electro-static sprayers and other personal protective equipment from Woburn-based supply chain Mascon Medical, which has been working with local bio-medical companies and governments to deliver the products needed to combat the coronavirus.

There are now 62 communities considered at the highest risk for transmitting the new coronavirus in Massachusetts, according to the latest weekly community-level data on the pandemic.

Massachusetts will release a revamped coronavirus risk map Thursday that shows isolated outbreaks at places like colleges or jails that have been pushing communities into the red.

New data on isolated outbreaks will show up when health officials release the state’s latest coronavirus risk map this week. The updated color-coded coronavirus hot spot map, which highlights communities with the highest rates of transmission in red, will be included in the state’s weekly coronavirus public health report. State health officials plan to start incorporating coronavirus clusters in locations...

Information about isolated coronavirus outbreaks in locations such as jails, colleges, or nursing homes will be included in the state’s color-coded hot spot map, which measures the spread in Massachusetts communities.

Boston’s mayor says fines will be issued to those not following the COVID-19 guidelines.

Despite taken multiple precautions to keep residents safe amid the coronavirus pandemic, the city of Somerville has found itself among the Massachusetts communities in the high-risk zone for COVID-19 transmission.

In a COVID-19 update, Mayor Marty Walsh announces that Boston will begin issuing fines for large gatherings and house parties.

Somerville is among the 27 Massachusetts communities that was added to the list for highest risk for transmitting COVID-19 on Wednesday.

Somerville is one of 27 cities and towns just added to the state’s growing list of communities considered high-risk for contracting the coronavirus.

The Massachusetts Department of Health has now deemed 40 communities at the highest risk for transmitting COVID-19, up 17 from last week.

Waltham is among 40 communities in Massachusetts that have been designated as high-risk for contracting the coronavirus.

Amid rising coronavirus cases in Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker identifies four communities as “high risk” that will be the focus of increased enforcement of the mask mandate and crowd control.