State health officials confirmed another 1,488 coronavirus cases — the highest single-day total since spring.
That’s based on 20,248 new molecular tests reported on Friday, according to the Department of Public Health. There are now 153,229 COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts.
Officials also announced another 23 COVID-related fatalities, for a total of 9,750 since the start of the pandemic.
There are currently 571 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Massachusetts, including 106 people in intensive care.
The seven-day average of positive tests ticked up to 1.9% on Friday, up from a low of .8% just last month.
The number of Massachusetts communities that have seen an average of 8 new daily cases per 100,000 residents increased to 121 on Thursday.
Cities and towns that are now designated high-risk for COVID spread include: Agawam, Athol, Bedford, Bellingham, Beverly, Billerica, Blandford, Bolton, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brimfield, Cohasset, Danvers, Dartmouth, Dedham, Dighton, Dover, Dracut, East Bridgewater, Fitchburg, Foxborough, Freetown, Gardner, Georgetown, Granby, Hubbardston, Lakeville, Leominster, Littleton, Mansfield, Medford, Mendon, Nahant, Nantucket, Newburyport, North Attleborough, Northborough, Norton, Palmer, Peabody, Salisbury, Southborough, Swansea, Taunton, Tewksbury, Townsend, Wareham, West Boylston, West Springfield, Westborough, Westwood, Whitman, Wilmington and Winchester.
Cities and towns that were high-risk communities last week and remain in that category include: Abington, Acushnet, Ashland, Attleboro, Avon, Berkley, Boston, Boxford, Brockton, Buckland, Canton, Chelmsford, Chelsea, Chicopee, Clinton, East Longmeadow, Everett, Fairhaven, Fall River, Framingham, Gloucester, Hanover, Hanson, Haverhill, Hingham, Holliston, Holyoke, Hudson, Kingston, Lawrence, Leicester, Lowell, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Marlborough, Marshfield, Methuen, Middleton, Milford, New Bedford, North Andover, Norwood, Pembroke, Plymouth, Randolph, Raynham, Revere, Rochester, Rockland, Saugus, Seekonk, Shrewsbury, Somerset, Springfield, Tyngsborough, Wakefield, Waltham, Webster, West Bridgewater, Westfield, Westport, Weymouth, Winthrop, Woburn, Worcester and Wrentham.
The 10 cities and towns that were downgraded from high-risk to moderate-risk include Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Millville, Milton, Monson, Oxford, Scituate, Somerville, Swampscott and West Newbury.
State officials say they’ve begun rehiring some of those contact tracers and made some new hires to prepare for the possibility of a second wave as cases across the state and the country continue rapidly rising. Some of those hired are coordinating with college towns across the state, said Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders, who leads the COVID-19 command center.
Last week saw 6,869 new cases of the virus in the state, a 41% increase over the previous week. Numbers for this week continue to come in.
Here are the number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts county:
Barnstable County: 2,020
Berkshire County: 783
Bristol County: 12,533
Dukes County: 85
Essex County: 24,089
Franklin County: 479
Hampden County: 10,151
Hampshire County: 1,503
Middlesex County: 32,295
Nantucket County: 168
Norfolk County: 11,891
Plymouth County: 11,486
Suffolk County: 28,660
Worcester County: 16,765
Unknown location: 321
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