It is always disheartening to convey bad news, but we are in the red here in Adams, Rhoads said at the Selectmen s meeting Wednesday. We are definitely in a surge. Rhoads said the town has been reporting a new case every day for the past three weeks. Rhoads spoke directly to residents over livestreamed meeting and asked them to continue adhering to hygiene and social distancing guidelines to stop the spread, especially now that more aggressive variants have touched down in Berkshire County. We are getting vaccinated, and I know it is spring and people want to gather but that gives the virus a better chance to spread, he said. Stay in your pod and do not get close to people that are not in your pod. You may trust them, you may love them, but you need to respect that distancing.