SPRINGSIDE WATCH: Though as many as 16 deaths due to COVID-19 may have occurred at the Springside Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center, a weekly online listing provided by the state
BY THE NUMBERS: Berkshire County saw two new COVID-19 deaths as of Thursday, for a new total of 192 deaths, with the confirmed case count up 38 to 4,161, the
MARIAN FATHERS HIT BY VIRUS: An outbreak of 17 COVID cases has been reported at the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, the Catholic male congregationâs National Shrine on Prospect Hill in Stockbridge. âEveryone is following COVID safety guidelines and complying with isolation and quarantine standards,â said James Wilusz, executive director of the Tri-Town Health Department covering Lee, Lenox and Stockbridge.
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At the departmentâs request, County Ambulance was called in last week for on-site testing for the virus. Wilusz credited Brian Andrews, president of the Pittsfield-based ambulance service, for stepping up to assist.
ANOTHER MILESTONE: As of Tuesday, the United States has seen more than 400,000 deaths due to COVID-19. That milestone came almost exactly one year after the first case of the
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