COVID numbers decrease overall in region
Modified: 2/21/2021 11:35:38 AM
While Sunderland remains in the state’s “red” category because of a surge in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19, the rest of the county’s towns have seen a decrease in those numbers.
Sunderland reported 33 new positive cases over the past two weeks, possibly because of the surge in positive cases at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, while Montague was the only town in Franklin County in the “yellow” or higher-risk category with 23 new cases reported in that time. Athol in Worcester County is also in the “yellow” with 43 new cases. Greenfield is the only town in the “green” or lower-risk category, with 23 cases reported over the past two weeks.
COVID-19 numbers decrease overall in region
COVID-19 rates across Franklin County are dropping, based on the most recent data from the state Department of Public Health, updated Thursday. Courtesy graphic/Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts
Published: 2/19/2021 3:08:56 PM
While Sunderland remains in the state Department of Public Health’s “red” or highest-risk category because of a surge in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19, the rest of Franklin County’s towns have seen a decrease in those numbers.
Sunderland reported 33 new positive cases over the past two weeks, most likely because of the surge in positive cases at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, while Montague is the only town in Franklin County in the “yellow” or higher-risk category, with 23 new cases reported in that time. Athol in Worcester County is also in the “yellow,” with 43 new cases. Greenfield is the only municipality in the “green” or lower-risk categor
Deaths from COVID-19 up to 8 in one area nursing home
Published: 12/23/2020 6:58:04 PM
Two local nursing homes continue to report no new cases of COVID-19, while a third reported eight deaths this week, five more than it reported last week. Another nursing home and a long-term care facility reported an increase in the number of positive cases.
Quabbin Valley Healthcare in Athol reports its COVID-19 numbers daily on its website. Last week, it reported three deaths from the virus and by mid-week this week was reporting eight casualties.
It currently has 27 residents who have tested positive and 19 staff members. Seventeen residents and 26 staff members have recovered from the virus.
Second COVID-19 surge hits local nursing homes
Charlene Manor Extended Care in Greenfield, like other nursing homes in the area, has returned to scheduled window visits only since another COVID-19 surge has hit Franklin County and the North Quabbin region. STAFF FILE PHOTO
Quabbin Valley Healthcare at 821 Daniel Shays Highway in Athol has eight residents and three staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19. Staff File Photo/Dan Little
Buckley HealthCare Center on Laurel Street in Greenfield. A spokesperson said the nursing home currently doesn’t have any cases of COVID-19. STAFF FILE PHOTO/DAN LITTLE
Published: 12/9/2020 4:43:28 PM
Quabbin Valley Healthcare Assistant Administrator Michael Kachadoorian said early measures to combat COVID-19 when it arrived in March paid off for the nursing home on Daniel Shays Highway in Athol, but it hasn’t been so lucky this time around.