Tewksbury Remains Yellow Community In Latest State Update

TEWKSBURY, MA — Forty communities were designated high-risk in the new town-by-town data released by the state Wednesday, but Tewksbury remained in the moderate-risk, yellow zone.

State rules mean that high-risk communities, plus others that were high-risk in the last two updates, cannot move on to the next phase. Towns were marked high-risk, or red, if they reported more than eight confirmed COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents over the past two weeks.

The state deemed Tewksbury yellow for a second week in a row. The town averaged 7.89 new daily cases per 100,000 residents, just below the threshold, up from 4.4 on Sept. 30.

>>MA Town-By-Town Coronavirus Stats: 40 High-Risk Communities

The latest data showed the positive test rate over the last two weeks increased in 176 of the 351 communities in the state. The rate fell in 68 communities and held steady in the remaining 148.

The town's percent positive rate over the last two weeks was 1.31 percent. There were 35 positive tests among 2,671 total tests.

View the state's interactive COVID-19 map.

Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.