coronavirus surge

With COVID-19 cases and wastewater data once again rising in Massachusetts, many are wondering if this could signal another surge. Margret Cooke, commissioner of the state Department of Public Health, joined NBC10 Boston to discuss her thoughts on whether a spike in cases is expected and if so, how ready Massachusetts is to weather it. “It is true that numbers…

Due to the capacity and staffing crisis, Mass General Brigham is now reducing the number of surgeries and procedures across the healthcare system by more than 2,000 cases per week — or 40% of the system’s total procedures. This comes as local experts say COVID cases have not peaked here in Massachusetts.

The surge of COVID-19 is continuing in Maine, with another 665 infections and three deaths reported by the Maine Center for Disease Control on Friday. The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Maine has risen over the past two weeks from 164 new cases per day on Aug. 18 to 316 new cases per day on Sept. 1….

The Worcester field hospital being readied amid a second surge of COVID-19 will have “a lot more capacity” than it did when it was active in the spring, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday morning, and it will be ready to take patients Sunday. Baker also announced he will have more to say soon about plans to establish a field...

Medical experts across the country and here in Massachusetts are increasingly concerned we may soon see a post-Thanksgiving spike in COVID case numbers, creating a surge within a surge.

The DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, is once again being transformed into a field hospital amid a surge of coronavirus cases.

Mayor Marty Walsh warned Thursday that Boston is “at a critical point” in its fight against COVID-19, and that a second shutdown of the economy would be “far worse” than the first. “What we’re seeing in Tennessee and other parts of the country and other parts of the world, honestly, we cannot afford to have that in Boston,” he...

The last time Massachusetts confirmed more than 1,000 new coronavirus infections on back-to-back days, in mid-May, conditions were improving here and Gov. Charlie Baker was beginning to reopen the economy and was reminding people to be safe when venturing out for Memorial Day weekend. Five months later, Massachusetts is in the midst of a steady resurgence of the highly-contagious virus…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announces that the Boston Hope Medical Center will no longer accept new COVID-19 patients with the surge “behind us.”

Whenever it’s safe for the Massachusetts stay-at-home order to be lifted, residents will likely still need to keep wearing masks and face-coverings in public, Gov. Charlie Baker said Saturday.

One month into his stay-at-home advisory and non-essential business closure, Gov. Charlie Baker said Massachusetts is still in the midst of a coronavirus surge that is expected to continue for some time. “I know that everybody would love to see that it is over,” he said Friday. “But here we are still in this surge, and we need to recognize…

Massachusetts families are gearing up for more time at home after Gov. Charlie Baker this week announced all schools would remain closed through the end of the school year amid the coronavirus outbreak. The move was not a major surprise with the state emerging as one of the nation’s hotspots for the virus. However, the announcement sent shock waves...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday that the state is starting to see encouraging signs that the coronavirus surge may have plateaued, but noted it’s still too soon to make any real conclusions. “The last few days we’ve seen fewer or about the same number of positive cases day to day, but we think it’s too soon to draw...

Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday that all Massachusetts public and private schools will remain closed through the end of the school year due to the coronavirus outbreak. He had previously ordered schools closed until May 4. “It’s the right thing do considering the facts on the ground at this point. At this point in time there is no authoritative guidance…

Gov. Charlie Baker released updated information Friday on when the coronavirus surge is expected to hit Massachusetts. The state’s models have shown that the peak for cases is expected to be sometime between Friday and April 20, the governor said. But he said data in recent days suggests the peak may be closer to the latter date. “We are about…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker visited the field hospital being set up at Worcester’s DCU Center on Wednesday and discussed how the facility and others like it across the state will help the fight against the new coronavirus. Another field hospital is being built at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Baker said, and that Massachusetts’ coronavirus command center is...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has extended the state’s stay-at-home advisory and an order requiring all non-essential businesses to close through May 4. The 10-person limit on gatherings in the state has been extended as well, Baker said at the State House, following a similar extension by the federal government. The orders had previously held through April 7, but his administration…