Revere is out, but Lynn and Peabody are still in the red this week, which is how the state denotes communities that are at a high risk of coronavirus spread.
It’s a milestone of sorts for Revere, which is out of the red for the first time since the state started color-coding communities based on their risk of COVID-19 spread.
Revere is now categorized as a yellow, or moderate-risk community, with a positive test rate of 3.9 percent and daily incidence rate of 31.3 new cases per 100,000 residents over the past 14 days, according to the state Department of Public Health (DPH).
However, 30 new cases and three additional deaths were reported in Revere on Friday, which brings the city’s total numbers to 9,667 cases and 152 deaths, the city website reported.
In Lynn, 27 new cases and two additional deaths were reported to bring the city’s total numbers to 15,681 cases and 198 deaths. A total of 291 cases are active and 15,192 people have recovered from the virus, the city reported.
While Lynn’s positive test rate (4.37 percent) and daily incidence rate (26.1 new cases per 100,000 residents) both declined, the city’s infection rate is still more than two times higher than the state average of 1.93 percent.
The same is true for Peabody, which has a positive test rate of 4.29 percent and a daily incidence rate of 30.8 new cases per 100,000 residents, according to the DPH.
Peabody has reported 15 new cases and three additional deaths since Wednesday to bring its total numbers to 6,269 cases and 297 deaths, according to the health department, which reported 5,583 people have recovered from the virus.
New cases were also reported in Lynnfield, Marblehead and Salem on Friday. Lynnfield (1,041 cases, 29 deaths) reported eight new cases, Marblehead (1,172 cases, 31 deaths) has reported three new cases since last Friday, and Salem (4,111 cases, 75 deaths) reported 11 new cases.
Numbers remained the same in Nahant (223 cases, six deaths) and have not been updated in Saugus (3,571 cases, 65 deaths) or Swampscott (949 cases, 19 deaths) since Thursday.
