The City of Worcester has set another single-week record in new COVID-19 cases, city officials reported Friday, a number boosted in part by an extra reporting day because of Thursday's snowstorm.
The city reported 1,390 new cases in the past week, bringing Worcester's total so far throughout the pandemic to 12,785.
Regardless of the exact reporting period, the city's cases remain around all-time highs, tracking consistently with Worcester County and Massachusetts cases that have generally flattened at all-time highs.
Worcester County surpassed 4,000 new weekly cases in the week ending Thursday for the second straight week, as cases near 34,000 since the pandemic began, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. New Massachusetts cases exceeded 32,000 for the second straight week, with statewide cases totaling more than 292,000.