coronavirus cases

A new model from the University of Washington shows that half a million Americans could die of the coronavirus by February 2021. But researchers say that if Americans universally wore masks, nearly 130,000 of these lives could be saved.

All indoor ice rinks and ice skating facilities in Massachusetts are prohibited from operating for the next two weeks due to rising coronavirus cases connected to indoor ice hockey, the state’s Department of Public Health announced Thursday night. Officials say the new public health order is in response to multiple COVID-19 clusters occurring at rinks throughout the state following...

Hospitals around the United States are starting to buckle from a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, with several states setting records for the number of people hospitalized and leaders scrambling to find extra beds and staff.

More than 10,000 of the new hires will be full-time and part-time pharmacy technicians who can help dispense medications and administer COVID-19 tests.

President Donald Trump is leaning into fear tactics as he accuses the left of trying to “erase American history, purge American values and destroy the American way of life.”

At least seven states have set new records for single-day increases in coronavirus cases, prompting some to set new restrictions as concerns mount over possible “superspreader events” during the upcoming holiday season.

France and Spain are now seeing more new cases every day than they did when the virus originally peaked in the spring. Israel on Friday entered a second nationwide lockdown, shuttering restaurants, hotels, gyms and more, amid soaring new cases and as the Jewish High Holiday season begins. While epidemiologists expected autumn to be worse, the rapid resurgence comes ahead...

Experts are warning increased vigilance for Labor Day weekend gatherings, after COVID-19 cases in the United States topped six million on Aug. 30. Cases have also rose among children during back-to-school season: according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, childhood cases rose by 17 percent during the last two weeks of August.

With the United States now topping 5 million coronavirus cases as school district reopen across the country, a growing number of children are becoming infected. More than 97,000 children tested positive in just the last two weeks of July, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

With 4 million cases and counting, the United States hit yet another milestone in COVID-19 cases. Death rates in some states also appear to be soaring. Officials are now going to more desperate measures trying to slow down the latest surge of the deadly virus.

Massachusetts on Sunday reported 146 more deaths from the new coronavirus, bringing the state’s death toll from the outbreak to 1,706. The total number of positive cases has reached 38,077, with 1,705 new cases announced by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Massachusetts is in the midst of what officials describe as a surge of coronavirus cases in the state,…

More than 20,000 people in Massachusetts have now tested positive for the new coronavirus and 599 people have died in the state, health officials reported Friday. Friday’s figures from the Department of Public Health show 96 more deaths in Massachusetts and 2,033 new cases. A total of 20,974 people in the commonwealth have now tested positive for COVID-19, the disease…

A patient at Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services announced Thursday. The patient receives treatment in the General Psychiatry Division of the hospital and their family has been notified, officials said. The facility is an inpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment facility with several hundred beds….

A state Department of Mental health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) who works at Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown has tested positive for the coronavirus, officials confirmed Tuesday. Department officials confirmed the employee last reported to work on March 10 and called out sick the next day, reporting flu-like symptoms. That person was tested on March 14 and DHMAS received notice…

Several Department of Motor Vehicles employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, agency officials confirmed Tuesday. The agency said that all DMV branches closed early Tuesday upon learning that multiple DMV employees have either tested positive for COVID-19 or have family members who have tested positive. John DiSette, president of the Administration and Residual Employees Union, Local 4200-AFT, said at…

The Governor’s Food Guard is helping build hospital tens with more beds outside local hospitals

A Bristol Health employee has tested positive for the coronavirus, a company spokesperson confirmed Friday. That person is in self-quarantine at home. Officials said all co-workers and patients that the employee may have been in contact with have been notified. Bristol Health will be launching screening processes starting Saturday morning at employee entrances and points of entry, including the employee…

State Rep. Jane Garibay has tested positive for the coronavirus, she confirmed in an email Thursday night. Garibay, a Democrat who represents Windsor and Windsor Locks, said she is self-quarantining at home while she recovers. “Unfortunately I have tested positive for COVID 19. I wanted to let you know that I am self quarantining and resting comfortably at home. Thank you...