More than 150 UMass Medical School students are being trained to help quickly administer COVID-19 vaccinations in Worcester.
The students are part of an effort the Worcester school detailed on Wednesday to provide the highly anticipated shots to first responders, including firefighters and police officers, as well as residential care facility residents. Chancellor Michael Collins and UMass President Marty Meehan have also advocated for similar widespread vaccination efforts statewide.
More than 30,000 vaccinations have been shipped to health facilities in Worcester County as of Dec. 31, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, enough to cover 3.6% of the county s population. That s a share of more than 285,000 doses shipped statewide. More than 78,000 shots have been administered, according to the DPH, including what Worcester city officials have said are thousands at UMass Memorial Health Care and Saint Vincent Hospital.
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Coronavirus cases in the city of Worcester have risen by nearly another 1,000 in the past six days, indicating a sustained high level of spread in the weeks after Thanksgiving.
That rate roughly tracks with the past few weeks. The city s previously reported eight-day period a day longer than normal because of the Dec. 17 snowstorm included a count of 1,390. The new count of 977 over six days reported on Thursday represents a slight drop from the past two weeks.
Though cases have stopped rising, they remain far higher than before Thanksgiving, and Worcester Mayor Joe Petty said Thursday that the city is increasing enforcement of business regulations that limit how many people can be gathered indoors at once. Many have already been warned, and compliance will be aimed most at repeat offenders.
Worcester City Hall, municipal buildings closed to public from Christmas Eve through Jan. 11 as COVID cases continue to increase
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Worcester officials announced Wednesday that City Hall and some other municipal buildings are going to be closed to the public as cases of the coronavirus continue to rise in the community.
From Dec. 24 to Jan. 11, City Hall, the senior center, Department of Public Works and Parks offices, and 25 Meade St., which houses Inspectional Services, Worcester Division of Public Health and Fire Prevention, will be closed to the public, the city said in a statement.
“We all have a role to play and city government must lead by example in mitigating the risk of exposure and further community spread of the COVID-19 virus,” said City Manager Edward Augustus Jr. “While we will be operating the business of the city differently, we are working to ensure that there are no interruptions to essential services and daily government operations. W
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.