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Out of the five counties, Worcester County saw the smallest week-to-week increase - the incident rate went up by about 25 percent, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's weekly county-level COVID-19 tracker.
Worcester County was better able to slow the spread of COVID-19 than the state this week as the overall incident rate for Massachusetts increased by 28 percent between the weeks of Jan. 6 and Jan. 13.
The Worcester County COVID-19 incident rate per 100,000 people is 81.3 for the week of Jan. 13. Last week, the rate was 65.1.
The community that saw the largest week-to-week increase was The Berkshires where the average daily incident rate per 100,000 people shot up by nearly 50 percent. The rate went from 34.2 percent on Jan. 6 to 50.5 percent on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
COUNTY DATA
Below is a county-by-county level look at what COVID-19 is doing in your community. Data includes the Jan. 13 incident rate per 100,000 people over the last 14 days, the percentage change between the Jan. 6 and Jan. 13 incident rates, and new cases reported. New weekly county COVID-19 rates are released late on Wednesdays.
- Worcester County - 81.3 incidents per 100,000 people, up by 25 percent over last week’s rate - 9,552 new cases reported
- Massachusetts - 78 incidents per 100,000 people, up by 28 percent over last week’s rate - 76,054 new cases reported.
- Hampden County - 85.7 incidents per 100,000 people, up by 32 percent over last week’s rate - 5,648 new cases reported
- Hampshire County - 43.1 incidents per 100,000 people, up by 26 percent over last week’s rate - 4,749 new cases reported
- Franklin County - 26.1 incidents per 100,000 people, up by 37 percent over last week’s rate - 260 new cases reported
- The Berkshires - 50.5 incidents per 100,000 people, up by 48 percent over last week’s rate - 894 new cases reported.
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