Updated: April 7, 2020
Worcester County coronavirus deaths hit 24
Photo | Grant Welker
Equipment trucks on Worcester's Main Street head toward the DCU Center on April 1 to deliver supplies to turn the convention center into a 250-bed field hospital for coronavirus patients.
Worcester County death toll from the coronavirus rose to 24 on Tuesday, as reported by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, with a total of 1,172 total confirmed cases.
The state's daily count included five new deaths in Worcester County and 96 statewide, a number that the Department of Public Health said was due in part to cases over the weekend needing to be confirmed. Massachusetts now has 356 deaths from the outbreak and 15,202 cases.
The one-day rise in cases in Worcester County was 95, or nearly 9%. Statewide, it was 1,365 or nearly 10%.
The new deaths in Worcester County included a man in his 70s, a man in his 80s, two women in their 90s and a woman in her 80s. In three of the five cases, the victim had pre-existing conditions, the state said.
The Department of Public Health announced more than 81,000 tests have been conducted for the virus, including 4,900 new tests recorded Tuesday. More than 38,000 have been conducted at Quest Diagnostics in Marlborough.
The city of Worcester has reported 398 cases as of Tuesday, a one-day increase from 372 and an increase in a week from 115.
Worcester hospital systems Saint Vincent Hospital and UMass Memorial Health Care had 112 total coronavirus inpatient cases and 33 who were in intensive care, according to the city. The two hospitals have had 19 coronavirus deaths and 79 of their employees have tested positive for the virus through Tuesday.
Cases across the country are expected to be perhaps the worst this week of any during the pandemic, federal health officials have said.
Nationwide, cases have hit 383,000, or more than one of every four cases worldwide, along with more than 12,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. International cases have surpassed 1.4 million cases and 80,000 deaths.
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