Health Care

Worcester County had 88 new coronavirus cases and four fatalities between Friday and Sunday, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

MetroWest Medical Center is continuing ahead with plans delayed during the height of the coronavirus pandemic to close acute-care services at its Natick campus.

Nationally, there have been more than 2.4 million cases and roughly 124,415 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. Globally, there have been more than 9.6 million coronavirus cases and 489,922 deaths. 

The industry group Alliance of Area Business Publishers on Thursday judged the Worcester Business Journal as the best newspaper of its size, besting business publications from around the U.S., Canada and Australia in the annual journalism competition.

Worcester County recorded 15 new coronavirus cases and nine fatalities Wednesday, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. 

Unemployment claims filed since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic have increased to 1,036,291 in Mass. 

As the Massachusetts continues to reopen its economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, UMass Memorial Health Care is offering to do group testing for businesses’ employees at five Central Massachusetts locations.

Acton medical device company Insulet will begin powering its corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility with solar energy, the company announced on Wednesday.

Throughout Massachusetts, there were 16 newly recorded fatalities adding to the death toll of 7,890. Worcester County recorded two new deaths with 905 overall. 

The new cases add to the 12,143 in Worcester county since the beginning of the pandemic. Throughout Massachusetts, there were a reported 149 new probable and confirmed cases bringing the total to 107,218.