Kennedy Center and Family Health Center indicate that around 30 to 35 percent of people tested came back positive, and noted that asymptomatic people were among those tested.Ĭenters for Disease Control and Prevention infoĪll of the Telegram & Gazette’s online coverage of coronavirus is being provided free to our readers. Hirsh said testing continues to fill out the picture of the virus in the city.Seniors Brenda Thomas - also a North High School graduate - and Stephen Lenane of Milton presented officials with T-shirts, and thanked city and frontline health care workers for their efforts during the pandemic.

The Wednesday briefing included a visit from two members of the Worcester State University Class of 2020.

Hirsh said a barbecue was planned Wednesday night for field hospital workers he said the facility did its job during the peak days of the pandemic earlier this month, preventing local hospitals from becoming overwhelmed. He said the city and UMass are working with MEMA and the DCU to figure out how to keep enough of the infrastructure on hand in case a second wave of cases hits over the summer or in the fall, while allowing the DCU to eventually return to its intended purpose.

The DCU field hospital was officially closed after discharging patients at 11 a.m.

Vincent Hospital shared a statistic Wednesday indicating that the average length of stay once a COVID-19 patient goes on a ventilator is 25 to 26 days. Morale is high and personal protective equipment remains in stock, and while intensive care unit occupancy remains at “120 percent” of capacity, ventilator use is down, Hirsh said. Hirsh, the city’s medical director, said the outlook in the local medical community is generally positive. There were an additional four deaths from Tuesday to Wednesday, for a total of 232.ĭr. Intensive care occupancy remained unchanged at 87 patients, and an additional six healthcare workers have tested positive, for a total of 290.

Vincent Hospital and UMass Memorial Health Care, 231 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Wednesday, a decrease of four patients from Tuesday. According to combined numbers reported by St. Locally reported numbers appeared to reflect a continued stabilization of the COVID-19 situation in the city.

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