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A second coronavirus field hospital in Massachusetts began taking patients Monday to help deal with the increasing number of COVID-19 hospitalizations across the state. The first patients were expected to arrive Monday morning to the makeshift hospital created inside the recreation center on the campus of UMass Lowell. The designated field hospital is expected to lessen the burden inside Lowell…

COVID patients are expected to arrive at the makeshift hospital at UMass Lowell starting Monday.

There will be another field hospital open in Massachusetts starting Monday to help deal with the coronavirus surge and increasing number of hospitalizations across the state. The new field hospital inside the recreation center on the campus of UMass Lowell is ready to go, and the first patients are set to arrive Monday morning to lessen the burden inside Lowell…

The first patients are set to arrive Monday morning to help deal with the coronavirus surge and lessen the burden inside Lowell General Hospital and other nearby medical facilities treating COVID patients.

A new coronavirus field hospital is scheduled to open just days into the new year in Lowell, Massachusetts, as COVID-19 cases continue to spike across the state, resulting in a surge of hospitalizations. The field hospital will open Monday at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, according to The Lowell Sun, which is later than originally planned. The site at the…

This new field hospital comes as coronavirus cases continue to surge across the state.

Doctors worry the increased volume they’re already seeing will only get worse when the post-Christmas spike starts to hit.

Gov. Charlie Baker announced expanded free COVID-19 testing on Monday — sites will now be in 25 communities — and hinted that more restrictions could be coming as the state continues to see a surge in cases of the virus.

Gov. Charlie Baker announced new measures Monday to increase coronavirus testing and ease the strain on Massachusetts hospitals amid a rise in coronavirus cases after Thanksgiving. “Effective Friday, hospitals will curtail elective procedures that can be safely postponed,” Baker said at a news conference at the state house. He also said the state is expanding free testing, increasing the number…

UMass Memorial Health Care on Sunday began treating COVID-19 patients at the field hospital the state has re-established at the DCU Center. At least five patients have arrived at the reopened hospital as of early Sunday afternoon. The hospital is currently staffed to accept up to 25 patients in its first week. At full capacity, the Worcester field hospital can…

The DCU Center in Worcester opened as a field hospital on Sunday and began accepting patients. Mike Manzoni has the latest report.

A field hospital at the DCU Center in Worcester will begin accepting COVID-19 patients on Sunday.

The coronavirus surge is here. Cases are spiking, Massachusetts reported 16 more high-risk cities and towns on Thursday and a new field hospital is set to open in Worcester this weekend. And Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is warning that another shutdown might be necessary if hospitalizations continue to rise. Here’s everything we know about the latest coronavirus developments in Massachusetts…

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...

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. “Field hospitals play a critical role in our preparedness strategy that helps us alleviate pressure on…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker toured the field hospital that’s been rebuilt at Worcester’s DCU Center and announced that a second field hospital will be built in the state soon.

Rhode Island has opened two field hospitals that combined have more than 900 beds as the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state reached a new high. There were 410 patients in the state’s hospitals with the disease as of Sunday, the most recent date for which the information was available, the state Department of Health reported Tuesday….

With cases continuing to climb in the second surge of the coronavirus crisis, the Massachusetts National Guard is helping to get a field hospital in Worcester up and running by this weekend. Members of the National Guard are on site of the DCU Center on Monday to complete the field hospital’s infrastructure. The 240-bed facility, run by UMass Memorial...

As COVID-19 cases continue to increase in Worcester, Massachusetts, officials are preparing to reopen the field hospital at the DCU Center. “Our trends are not positive, and Worcester is not in a good place right now, as it relates to COVID cases,” said Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus. Augustus is trying to get the message through to people that the…