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Worcester sees drop in new COVID cases, reporting 203 infections since last Friday
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
By comparison, there were 313 new virus cases reported by the city last week.
So far through the pandemic, Worcester has seen 23,302 virus cases and 421 resident deaths, according to a news release from the office of City Manager Edward Augustus Jr. The city has moved away from weekly live press conferences on Thursdays and is now issuing COVID-19 updates via press release on Fridays.
Saint Vincent Hospital and UMass Memorial Health are treating 49 inpatients for the virus, a decrease of 15 from last week. Seventeen of those patients are in the intensive care unit, five fewer since Tuesday. The health care systems combined have had 720 COVID-related deaths, which is an increase of two since Tuesday, according to the city.
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