WBJ Staff

Idexx Laboratories, a Maine-based veterinary diagnostics and water testing provider, has paid more than $7 million to buy its 30,000-square-foot Grafton site.

Worcester County had a reported six new coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday and 118 new cases. Those new numbers from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health put those respective totals at 57 and 2,246.

The City of Worcester is requiring all workers at public-facing retail stores, including grocery and convenience stores and pharmacies, to wear face masks or some type of face covering as protection during the coronavirus pandemic.

Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commissioner Kay Doyle will step down from her seat on the commission on May 8, she announced on Monday.

UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester has received $36.1 million in an initial payout as part of the federal stimulus bill, Dr. Eric Dickson, the hospital's president and CEO, said in a staff-wide memo Monday.

New reported coronavirus cases Monday showed a relative slowdown in Worcester County and statewide, according to new numbers from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Wachusett Brewing Co. and Atlas Distributing are releasing a new beer to raise money for coronavirus response funds.

The former CEO of Hanover Insurance Group in Worcester and his wife, the former interim president of the EcoTarium in Worcester, said they will match donations in a drive to help the science and nature museum recover some of the anticipated $1.6 million in losses due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The number of reported coronavirus deaths in Worcester County hit 49 on Sunday as the total number of countywide cases surpassed 2,000.

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester is extending the postponement of elective procedures until April 24, pushing back a step the hospital initially put in place for just one week in March as the coronavirus outbreak first began forcing hospitals to take such action.