19 Mass. Towns Remain in High-Risk COVID Red Zone
NBC Universal, Inc. A total of 19 Massachusetts communities are now at the highest risk of coronavirus transmission, nine fewer than last week, health officials said Thursday. It's the seventh straight week the number has fallen. The town-by-town coronavirus risk data classifies communities' risk level on a scale from red, the highest, to grey -- last week it put 28 Massachusetts communities in the red zone. Less than two months ago, there were 229 communities in red, mirroring a dip in the state's COVID-19 metrics as the latest surge subsides. (See this week's full list of red zone communiti...