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Springfield continues downward trend in new COVID cases as officials see ‘light at the end of the tunnel’
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
SPRINGFIELD The city’s number of new COVID-19 cases last week was 72.3% lower than in the first week of January, and officials said Monday there is “light at the end of the tunnel” one year into the coronavirus pandemic.
The 326 new COVID-19 cases also represented a drop from the previous week’s case count, with 65 fewer cases. There were 391 new cases in the week of Feb. 28 to March 6, officials said.
The city’s weekly number of cases peaked in the first week of January at 1,177 new cases.
Here are the locations for Springfield’s neighborhood COVID vaccination clinics
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
Posted Mar 12, 2021
Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno announces multiple vaccination sites that have been approved to expand access to local residents and hard-to-reach populations at Raymond A. Jordan Senior Center Friday morning, March 12, 2021. Looking on are Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Helen Caulton-Harris, state representatives Carlos Gonzalez and Bud L. Williams. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)
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SPRINGFIELD City officials on Friday announced the locations and dates for several neighborhood COVID-19 vaccination clinics, saying they will provide greater access for local residents and hard-to-reach populations.
State Rep. Carlos Gonzalez, volunteers help underserved in Springfield neighborhoods with COVID vaccine
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
Posted Mar 04, 2021
State rep. Carlos Gonzalez (left) and Tobias Billups (right), owner and pharmacy services specialist of Springfield Pharmacy, help Pedro Marin and Lydia Irizary, both of Springfield to get their COVID-19 vaccines at the Caring Health Center Thursday afternoon, March 4, 2021. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)
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SPRINGFIELD State Rep. Carlos Gonzalez, D-Springfield, helped shepherd 20 people into Caring Health Center in the South End Thursday afternoon for COVID-19 vaccines.
He led a group of volunteers who wrestled with walkers, oxygen tanks and language barriers at the scene and with paperwork and online appointment programs and a series of other stumbling blocks over the past few days.