3 Western Mass. communities at high-risk for spreading COVID-19

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- The Mass. Department of Public Health released its weekly COVID-19 public health report on Thursday.

Under the state's new criteria, the DPH now takes population size into account when determining whether a community should be at a high-risk level or not.

The communities that are in the 'yellow zone' include:

• Adams 
• Agawam
• Amherst
• Belchertown 
• East Longmeadow 
• Easthampton 
• Granby
• Greenfield
• Hadley 
• Hampden 
• Holyoke
• Longmeadow
• Ludlow
• Monson
• North Adams
• Northampton
• Palmer
• South Hadley
• Southwick
• Ware
• West Springfield 
• Westfield 
• Wilbraham
• Williamstown 

Lastly, the communities that are in the 'green zone' include:

• Lenox 
• Pittsfield 
• Sunderland

For more information, you can click here for the full report.