CDC: Half of Massachusetts counties considered high risk for COVID-19 transmission – WCVB Boston
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have rated half of Massachusetts' 14 counties as having high community levels of COVID-19. The rankings are based on a handful of factors including new hospital admissions for COVID-19, recent case counts, and the community’s overall hospital capacity.Berkshire County reported the highest case rate per 100,000 individuals over the past week.Suffolk, Middlesex, Norfolk, Hampshire, Worcester and Barnstable counties also had high community transmission levels of the virus.Bristol county was the only Massachusetts county considered to have low community transmission levels. The CDC's COVID-19 community level ranks are based on new COVID-19 cases across a county over the past 7 days, relative to the population, the number of new admissio...