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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.
New COVID-19 cases in Worcester County set another weekly record on Thursday, surpassing 4,000 for the second straight time.
After a short plateau of new coronavirus cases around Thanksgiving, cases have spiked to their highest levels yet in Worcester and across Massachusetts.
Coronavirus cases rose by 142 in the city of Worcester on Tuesday alone in the latest sign of the critical levels being reached in the second wave locally of the pandemic.
In the last seven days, Worcester County and the state of Massachusetts have recorded their highest weekly totals of coronavirus cases, indicating how quickly the pandemic has returned after a summer lull.
New coronavirus cases have nearly doubled in the past week in Worcester County, according to new state data on Thursday, mirroring a dramatic rise in cases bringing numbers close to their spring peak.
The rate of new coronavirus cases in the past two weeks has nearly doubled in Fitchburg, with the city showing far and away the most severe outbreak in Central Massachusetts, according to data released late Friday.
More than one in four cities and towns in Central Massachusetts are now in the state's highest-risk coronavirus category, as cases across Massachusetts reach their highest levels since May.
Coronavirus case numbers are rising ever higher a month into the fall, with rates in Worcester, Worcester County, across Massachusetts and nationally showing worrisome increases.
The two largest Central Massachusetts cities, Worcester and Framingham, remain in the state's highest-risk category for the coronavirus pandemic, as cases across Massachusetts ticked up at the end of September.
Coronavirus case numbers have remained at a low, steady rate in Worcester County three weeks into September, so far avoiding rising numbers in other parts of the country now that some schools are back in session.
Coronavirus cases in Worcester County rose by 249 in the past week and the death count by 15, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Just over a week into September, Worcester has already seen a major jump in the number of reported coronavirus cases. The City of Worcester said Friday afternoon it has recorded 140 cases in the past week, a 43% jump from a week prior and the
Worcester County had a reported 195 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths in the week ending Wednesday, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
The city of Worcester has had 98 new coronavirus cases in the past week, its highest number since early June, showing a rise in cases just as most colleges are beginning their fall semester.
Worcester County continues to see relatively low numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases towards the end of August as case numbers remain fair below their spring peaks.