On Wednesday, Sept. 16, Massachusetts released an updated COVID-19 map showing where the “hot-spots” or areas with high infection rates are located.
Worcester has made the state's “red” list, so named for the state’s color-coded risk assessment. Red is reserved for the communities with the highest risk of COVID-19 infection.
Worcester's infection rate is 9.5 COVID-19 infections per 100,000 people.
The most recently listed high-risk communities in Massachusetts are:
Chelsea
Dedham
Everett
Framingham - 11.4 infections per 100,000
Lawrence
Lynn
Lynnfield
Monson - 10.2
Nantucket,
New Bedford
Plainville - 8.6
Revere
Saugus
Tyngsborough
Winthrop
Worcester - 9.5
Wrentham.
Being a high-risk community means that the COVID-19 infection rate there is more than 8 infections per 100,000 people and that the rate has gone up, on average, over the last four weeks.
Central and Western Mass communities on Massachusetts’ medium risk or “yellow” list, meaning that the rate of infection is more than 4, but less than 8, per 100,000 people, include:
Clinton
Hopedale
Marlborough
Menden
Milford
North Attleborough
Palmer
Westborough.
The overall state average is in the yellow - with 4.6 COVID-19 infections per 100,000 residents.
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