When you hear about the more than 600,000 Americans dying from COVID-19, the number is a hard figure to fully grasp. That s roughly 10 Gillette Stadiums full of people. The number is so massive that it s hard to imagine those people as individuals. Each with a family, a life story, a hometown.
Acushnet Lights Up the Fire Department
That s one of the reasons it was nice to see Acushnet s Fire Department recognize the people in their town that lost their battle with COVID since the onset of the pandemic. Drivers passing by the fire department last night may have noticed 16 lights illuminating the fire department.
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The Town of Acushnet will be holding a community wide Covid-19 testing clinic on Saturday, Dec. 12 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the parking lot between the public schools on Middle Road.
This with be the eighth community testing opportunity offering held by the town since October, a press release stated.
“The number of positive cases is exploding across our region,” stated Acushnet Fire Chief Kevin Gallagher. “Community testing like we are doing in Acushnet and like the Fire Department is doing in Fairhaven allows people who show no signs or symptoms to find out their status and take the appropriate precautions for themselves and their families.”