May 18, 2020
Worcester County's 31 weekend coronavirus deaths bring total to 569
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By Grant Welker
Another 31 coronavirus-related deaths reported over the weekend in Worcester County brought the area's total to 569, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Diagnosed cases rose countywide by another 466 to hit 9,252, and statewide cases rose by 2,589 to reach 86,010. The state also registered 205 new deaths to reach 5,797.
Worcester County cases have shown a slight downward trend since a seven-day average in cases peaked April 29. But the nearly three weeks since then have not been a smooth downward line and have been marked by sporadic increases in cases or deaths, and cases remain at a generally higher level more than halfway through May than the county saw through most of April.
Massachusetts cases peaked on a seven-day rolling average on April 24.
The city of Worcester had 157 new cases reported over the weekend to bring the city total to 3,468. The city's DCU Center, which has been used as a field hospital but is due to stop seeing patients this week, had 12 patients Sunday. The Quality Inn off Lincoln Street, which the state is using for coronavirus care, had 17 clients Sunday.
Worcester hospitals have generally seen declines in inpatient and intensive care coronavirus patients since the peak of cases in the county.
UMass Memorial Medical Center's two Worcester campuses had 159 inpatient cases, 60 of which were in intensive care Sunday. That's down from 186 and 69, respectively, two weeks ago. Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester had 69 inpatient cases and 17 in the ICU, compared to 76 and 12 two weeks ago.
Elsewhere on Sunday, Harrington Hospital in Southbridge and nine coronavirus patients Sunday, with two in intensive care, and Heywood Hospital had 12 patients, with two in intensive care.
Nationally, cases are nearing 1.5 million with nearly 90,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. Cases internationally have surpassed 4.7 million, with more than 315,000 deaths.
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