Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard - Thursday, January 07, 2021 Weekly COVID-19 Public Health Report The Weekly COVID-19 Public Health Report includes enhanced, more granular information to be updated on a weekly, or biweekly basis, including quarantine and isolation information, cases and deaths in Long Term Care Facilities, updates on nursing facility audit results, and more. 1 / Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard Table of Contents Count and Rate of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Tests Performed in MA by City/Town ............................................................................................. 3 Map of Rate (per 100,000) of New Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Past 7 Days by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Region ...................................... 25 MA Contact Tracing: Total Cases and Contacts and Percentage Outreach Completed ................................................................................................... 26 MA Contact Tracing: Case and Contact Outreach Outcomes .......................................................................................................................................... 27 Massachusetts Residents Quarantined due to COVID-19 ............................................................................................................................................... 28 Massachusetts Residents Isolated due to COVID-19 ....................................................................................................................................................... 29 COVID Cluster by Exposure Setting Type ........................................................................................................................................................................ 30 COVID Cases and Facility-Reported Deaths in Long Term Care Facilities ........................................................................................................................ 33 Long-Term Care Staff Surveillance Testing...................................................................................................................................................................... 42 CMS Infection Control Surveys Conducted at Nursing Homes ........................................................................................................................................ 60 COVID Cases in Assisted Living Residences ..................................................................................................................................................................... 71 PPE Distribution by Recipient Type and Geography ........................................................................................................................................................ 76 Data previously found in this report, including county cases and testing reporting, can now be found in the daily interactive dashboard here: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-response-reporting 2 Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard – Thursday, January 7, 2021 Count and Rate of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Tests Performed in MA by City/Town, January 1, 2020 – January 5, 2021 Average Daily Relative Total Change in Total Case Count Percent Incidence Rate Change in Total Total Tests Positive Percent City/Town Case (Last 14 Positivity per 100,000 Case Tests (Last 14 days) Tests (Last Positivity3 Count Days) (Last 14 days) (Last 14 days)1 Counts2 14 days) Abington 967 193 75.6 Higher 16895 1684 210 12.47% Higher Acton 548 75 22.6 Lower 24406 2207 89 4.03% Higher Acushnet 664 126 86.1 Higher 11778 1142 143 12.52% Higher Adams 147 27 23.4 Higher 7536 739 29 3.92% Higher Agawam 1483 210 52.6 Lower 36082 3818 250 6.55% No Change Alford <5 0 0 No Change 156 9 0 0% No Change Amesbury 701 143 61.5 Higher 17389 1978 158 7.99% No Change Amherst 899 114 20.2 No Change 182935 4895 130 2.66% Higher Andover 1584 286 56.6 Higher 55714 4780 331 6.92% Higher Aquinnah <5 0 0 No Change 417 20 0 0% No Change Arlington 1075 167 26.0 Higher 63808 5222 186 3.56% Higher Ashburnham 197 44 50.0 Higher 6513 552 46 8.33% Higher Ashby 90 9 18.4 Lower 2421 164 9 5.49% Lower Ashfield 21 5 21.1 Higher 1380 95 6 6.32% Higher Ashland 904 122 44.2 Higher 23190 2197 141 6.42% Higher Athol 391 82 48.9 Lower 13291 1167 93 7.97% Higher Attleboro 2548 349 53.6 Higher 44426 4365 382 8.75% Higher Data are current as of 11:59pm on 01/05/2021; For populations <50,000, <5 cases are reported as such or suppressed for confidentiality purposes. 1 For the calculations used to delineate Grey, Green, Yellow, and Red, please see table on page 24. 2Number of new cases occurring over the current two-week period (12/20/2020 – 01/02/2021) compared to the previous two-week period (12/13/2020 – 12/26/2020). Higher=number of new cases in the current two-week period higher than the number of new cases during the last two-week period. Lower=number of new cases in the current two-week period lower than number of new cases during the last two-week period. No change=number of new cases in current two-week period is equal to the number of new cases during the last two-week period. 3Change in percent positivity compared to the previous week’s (12/31/2020) report. No Change= <0.10% difference in the percent positivity. DPH calculates rates per 100,000 population using denominators estimated by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute using a modified Hamilton-Perry model (Strate S, et al. Small Area Population Estimates for 2011 through 2020, report, Oct 2016.) As of 11/5/2020, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is using the 2019 population estimates, the most current available data. Please note: Data for these tables are based on information available in the DPH surveillance database at a single point in time. Case counts for specific cities and towns change throughout the day as data cleaning occurs (removal of duplicate reports within the system) and new demographic information (assigning cases to their city or town of residence) is obtained. 3 Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard – Thursday, January 7, 2021 Count and Rate of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Tests Performed in MA by City/Town, January 1, 2020 – January 5, 2021 Average Daily Relative Total Change in Total Case Count Percent Incidence Rate Change in Total Total Tests Positive Percent City/Town Case (Last 14 Positivity per 100,000 Case Tests (Last 14 days) Tests (Last Positivity3 Count Days) (Last 14 days) (Last 14 days)1 Counts2 14 days) Auburn 972 154 66.7 Lower 20869 1935 173 8.94% Lower Avon 267 49 80.0 Higher 4774 428 56 13.08% Higher Ayer 537 195 172.0 Higher 12661 1175 200 17.02% Higher Barnstable 1890 352 56.2 Higher 41076 4498 377 8.38% Higher Barre 162 26 33.4 Higher 4750 379 28 7.39% Higher Becket 35 6 23.9 Lower 1550 178 7 3.93% Lower Bedford 526 70 33.3 Higher 23377 2182 81 3.71% Higher Belchertown 447 105 46.7 Higher 19499 1704 119 6.98% Higher Bellingham 636 110 43.6 Lower 14233 1149 120 10.44% No Change Belmont 708 129 33.6 Higher 38606 3363 146 4.34% Higher Berkley 393 84 88.0 Higher 6690 607 87 14.33% Higher Berlin 100 19 42.1 Higher 3543 276 21 7.61% Higher Bernardston 30 <5 6.9 No Change 2364 195 4 2.05% Higher Beverly 2101 402 69.9 Higher 87380 6621 464 7.01% Higher Billerica 2302 446 72.9 Lower 46940 4639 483 10.41% Higher Blackstone 330 50 39.6 Lower 7609 607 54 8.90% Lower Blandford 30 6 35.4 Higher 861 76 6 7.89% Higher Data are current as of 11:59pm on 01/05/2021; For populations <50,000, <5 cases are reported as such or suppressed for confidentiality purposes. 1 For the calculations used to delineate Grey, Green, Yellow, and Red, please see table on page 24. 2Number of new cases occurring over the current two-week period (12/20/2020 – 01/02/2021) compared to the previous two-week period (12/13/2020 – 12/26/2020). Higher=number of new cases in the current two-week period higher than the number of new cases during the last two-week period. Lower=number of new cases in the current two-week period lower than number of new cases during the last two-week period. No change=number of new cases in current two-week period is equal to the number of new cases during the last two-week period. 3Change in percent positivity compared to the previous week’s (12/31/2020) report. No Change= <0.10% difference in the percent positivity. DPH calculates rates per 100,000 population using denominators estimated by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute using a modified Hamilton-Perry model (Strate S, et al. Small Area Population Estimates for 2011 through 2020, report, Oct 2016.) As of 11/5/2020, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is using the 2019 population estimates, the most current available data. Please note: Data for these tables are based on information available in the DPH surveillance database at a single point in time. Case counts for specific cities and towns change throughout the day as data cleaning occurs (removal of duplicate reports within the system) and new demographic information (assigning cases to their city or town of residence) is obtained. 4 Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard – Thursday, January 7, 2021 Count and Rate of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Tests Performed in MA by City/Town, January 1, 2020 – January 5, 2021 Average Daily Relative Total Change in Total Case Count Percent Incidence Rate Change in Total Total Tests Positive Percent City/Town Case (Last 14 Positivity per 100,000 Case Tests