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The unemployment rate in the Worcester area improved to 10.3% in August, down from 14.9% a month earlier, according to new data Wednesday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

After a small spike in confirmed Worcester County coronavirus cases at the end of July and the start of August, the number of positive tests is again on the decline, falling for the last two weeks.

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Four Central Massachusetts hospitals have been included in an annual rating of the best places to receive specialty care services.

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. 

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

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.