New COVID cases in Springfield drop 37%, but city still in red
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Springfield Health and Human Services Commissioner Helen Caulton-Harris. seen in file photo, was among officials praising improving trends for COVID-19 in the city. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
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SPRINGFIELD City and health officials said Monday the number of new COVID-19 cases dropped by 37.6% last week among residents, but Springfield continued to be among communities in Massachusetts deemed at highest risk of transmission.
There were 265 new coronavirus infections reported among resident last week, May 2-8, as compared to 425 cases the week before (April 23 to May 1), a reduction of 160 cases in one week.
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State to halt shipments of first COVID-19 vaccine doses to Western Massachusetts hospitals, lawmakers say
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
UPDATE: The largest hospital system in the state, Mass General Hospital Brigham - and more than a half dozen hospitals in Western Massachusetts - received word that they should stop scheduling first-dose vaccination appointments as shipments of the vaccine scheduled to be received by the hospitals will be diverted to the state’s vaccination clinics.
Massachusetts health officials intend to halt shipments of some COVID-19 vaccines to several hospitals in Western Massachusetts, diverting the supplies to super vaccination sites.
For a two-week period, Baystate Health, Cooley Dickinson Health Care and Mercy Medical Center will not receive their shipments of the first dose except for patients who have already scheduled appointments next week, according to lawmakers and the Massachusetts COVID-19 Command Center. Lawmakers told MassLiv