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Health experts are expressing concern about the rising number of coronavirus cases in Massachusetts as more towns and cities enter the state’s “red zone” of high-risk communities. On Thursday, health officials added nearly two dozen communities to the list of high-risk towns, impacting their ability to participate in Phase 3, Step 2 of the state’s reopening plan. Here are five…

Physicians are voicing concerns about the rising number of cases in Massachusetts as 77 cities and towns are deemed high-risk for spreading coronavirus. Fourteen communities were added Thursday to the state’s list of cities and towns considered at the highest risk for transmitting COVID-19, according to the latest weekly community-level data on the pandemic. “We should be concerned. These are…

Massachusetts’ latest weekly community-level data on the coronavirus pandemic, including the updated town-by-town risk assessment map, shows 77 communities considered at the highest risk for transmitting COVID-19, an increase of 14 from last week. This week’s report from the Department of Public Health was revamped to include data on isolated outbreaks, requiring its release to be moved back from Wednesdays…

Massachusetts now has 77 communities where there’s a high risk of transmitting COVID-19. That’s 14 more communities than were listed in last week’s coronavirus risk map.

This week’s report from the Department of Public Health was revamped to include data on isolated outbreaks, requiring its release to be moved back from Wednesdays to Thursdays. This is the first week of the new version.

This week’s report from the Department of Public Health was revamped to include data on isolated outbreaks, requiring its release to be moved back from Wednesdays to Thursdays. This is the first week of the new version.

Massachusetts’ latest weekly community-level data on the coronavirus pandemic, including the updated town-by-town risk assessment map, shows 77 communities considered at the highest risk for transmitting COVID-19, an increase of 14 from last week.

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.

The number of Massachusetts communities now in the highest-risk category on the state’s COVID-19 risk map has increased by 58%, according to new data released Wednesday. The number of Massachusetts cities and towns that are considered at high risk for transmission of the coronavirus has grown to 63 from 40 in just one week, according to the state Department of…

Due to Lowell being in the high-risk level for coronavirus transmission for three weeks now, the Massachusetts school district on Thursday decided to move to remote learning.

Massachusetts’ latest weekly data on the coronavirus pandemic, including the updated community-level risk assessment map, shows 63 communities considered at the highest risk for transmitting COVID-19, a new high and an increase of 23 since last week. For the first time since introducing the map, the commonwealth itself has climbed into the highest risk level. The data, from the Department…

There has been another big jump in the number of cities and towns at high risk for COVID-19.

Gov. Charlie Baker laid out his plans to deal with a potential second surge in coronavirus cases this winter.

The number of cities and towns considered high-risk for contracting the coronavirus by the state nearly doubled from one week to the next, the latest data shows. Massachusetts’ latest weekly data on the coronavirus pandemic, including the updated community-level risk assessment map, shows 40 communities considered at the highest risk for transmitting COVID-19, 17 more than last week. The data,…

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

Massachusetts’ latest weekly data on the coronavirus pandemic, including the updated community-level risk assessment map, shows 40 communities considered at the highest risk for transmitting COVID-19, 17 more than last week. The data, from the Department of Public Health, includes a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town, as well as the new…

Massachusetts’ updated risk map shows a large increase in cities and towns in the highest risk level.

As Boston’s COVID-19 positivity rate increases to 4.1 percent, Mayor Walsh pauses school reopening plan.

Massachusetts health officials this week added 11 municipalities — including Boston — to the red category of its coronavirus risk map, meaning they are considered at the highest risk for transmission of the virus. The new communities bring the total number of high-risk municipalities to 23, including the state’s biggest cities — Boston, Worcester and Springfield. Those in the red…

Massachusetts’ latest weekly data on the coronavirus pandemic, including the updated community-level risk assessment map, shows 23 communities considered at the highest risk for transmitting COVID-19, up eight from last week. Among the changes is Boston moving into the red zone for the first time since the state started tracking the town-by-town data, something that Mayor Marty Walsh had been…