WBJ Staff

Worcester County had 17 newly reported coronavirus deaths Tuesday, tying the county's single-day high and bringing the total so far to 133.

Confirmed coronavirus cases in Worcester County rose by another 110 Monday to hit 3,179, according to new Massachusetts Department of Public Health data.

Worcester County had 22 newly reported coronavirus deaths over the weekend, bringing the total so far to 114.

Friday easily marked a new high for a single-day increase in coronavirus cases in Worcester County with 262, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Ten more coronavirus deaths in Worcester County were reported Thursday by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health as the statewide case total topped 30,000.

BJ’s Wholesale Club has announced a special shopping hour for healthcare workers and coronavirus first responders available without a club membership.

Tenet Healthcare, the Dallas-based company that owns Saint Vincent Hospital, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association union have not been able to come to an agreement over the response plan to the coronavirus pandemic at the hospital, particularly over training of nurses who may be assigned to other units.

Wholesale tire distributor Max Finkelstein Inc., headquartered in New York City, will lease a 106,000-square-foot distribution space at 150 Hayes Memorial Drive in Northborough, according to a press release from Worcester real estate brokerage firm NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs.

More than 103,000 Massachusetts workers filed initial unemployment claims last week, a drop from prior weeks but still an unusually high number illustrating how many people have been put out of work.

Worcester County had by far its highest single-day coronavirus death total Wednesday, with 17 newly reported deaths bringing the county's total to 74.