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In the same week that all Massachusetts residents 16 and older became eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, new case numbers showed encouraging signs everywhere from the city of Worcester to statewide.
Worcester County and Massachusetts broke streaks of weekly coronavirus case increases on Thursday, while the city of Worcester's case rose in what the city manager said he hopes is a blip.
New coronavirus cases increased in the week ending Thursday for the fourth straight week across Massachusetts and for the second straight week in Worcester County.
Massachusetts moved into a new business reopening phase this week, a year after the coronavirus pandemic first hit the state. Cases are not following the state's hoped-for progress, however.
More than halfway through March, one aspect of the coronavirus pandemic story isn't really changing: cases remain stubbornly high as public safety protocols are loosened.
Just over two months after coronavirus cases peaked in Worcester County and across Massachusetts, progress has all but stalled in achieving further declines in cases.
New coronavirus cases are still slowing in Worcester County, but not as fast as they were a few weeks ago.
Worcester County has surpassed 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a somber milestone less than a year after the pandemic first hit the region.
New coronavirus cases in Worcester County have dropped by roughly three-quarters in five weeks' time, continuing a promising fast decline in cases after worrying numbers around and just after the holidays.
New coronavirus cases in Worcester County have fallen so far from such a high peak in the past few weeks that cases are finally nearly back down to their previous high from last spring.
Coronavirus case numbers continue falling a little more than a month after Christmas from what had been record highs in Massachusetts around the holidays.
Worcester County didn't surpass 4,000 weekly new coronavirus cases until early December. A month later, it's now exceeded 4,700.
New coronavirus cases in Worcester County have again broken a record, and this time deaths are also on the rise, according to new Massachusetts Department of Public Health data.
Worcester County will end the year with a slight dip in weekly COVID-19 cases but having surpassed 40,000 coronavirus cases.
The city of Worcester appears to already be seeing the repercussions of Christmas gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. City officials reported 335 new positive cases on Wednesday alone, its highest single-day mark yet.
New coronavirus cases dipped this week in Worcester County, but the relative good news was tempered by the highest weekly death count since late spring.