The Boston Globe reported last week that the Boston suburb of Chelsea, with 315 reported cases, had the highest per capita COVID-19 infection rate in Massachusetts at 79 infected per 10,000. (“Chelsea, city of the working Latino immigrant, emerges as a COVID-19 hotspot”). Using this per capita rate, find the total population of Chelsea.

The Boston Globe reported last week that the Boston suburb of Chelsea, with 315 reported cases, had the highest per capita COVID-19 infection rate in Massachusetts at 79 infected per 10,000. (“Chelsea, city of the working Latino immigrant, emerges as a COVID-19 hotspot”). Using this per capita rate, find the total population of Chelsea.

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