Dedham Coronavirus Cases Decrease, Town Remains 'Moderate Risk'

DEDHAM, MA — Dedham's COVID-19 cases decreased the past two weeks but the town is still considered as "moderate risk" for the virus. Dedham reported 16 new COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks, bringing the town's total case count to 532.

Dedham is still considered a 'moderate risk' community for COVID-19 since its average daily incidence rate is 4.2 cases for every 100,000 residents.

In the last two weeks, Dedham tested 2,281 people for a total of 17,786 tests administered in town. Nineteen tests have come back positive over the last two weeks. The town's percent positive rate over the last two weeks lowered to o.83 percent. Health officials say positive test results need to stay below 5 percent for two weeks or longer and, preferably, be closer to 2 percent, for states to safely ease restrictions.

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 of reopening. Sixty-three communities were designated high-risk in the new town-by-town data released by the state Wednesday.

View the state's interactive COVID-19 map.