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COVID-19: Is The Virus Making a Comeback In Western Mass? COVID-19: Is The Virus Making a Comeback In Western Mass?
Covid-19: Is The Virus Making a Comeback In Western Mass? Don’t call it a comeback - please don’t call it a comeback: Baystate Health CEO Dr. Mark Keroack said Western Massachusetts may see a resurgence in COVID-19 infections. Keroack said, Wednesday, Aug. 5, that across Baystate Health’s facilities, there were 34 coronavirus patients - 32 of those people are being treated at Baystate Medical Center Springfield. “I am worried that we are entering a perilous new phase of this pandemic,” he said during an interview with MassLive. This is only the second time since June that the number of patients at Baystate hospitals were over 30, he said. The ra…

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COVID-19: Baystate Medical Center Outbreak Infections Are Up 50-Percent COVID-19: Baystate Medical Center Outbreak Infections Are Up 50-Percent
Covid-19: Baystate Medical Center Outbreak Infections Are Up 50-Percent The COVID-19 outbreak at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield has spread to more than 50 staff and patients. All the infections, however, have been in the same unit; the virus has not spread to other parts of Western Massachusetts’ major hospital, Baystate officials said on Aug. 3. This demonstrates that the hospital is keeping the virus physically contained. The unit with the outbreak has not been publicly named. One week ago there were 36 COVID-19 infections due to the outbreak. Now there are 55 such infections, MassLive reported. This is a 52 percent increase in infections from one …

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COVID-19: Baystate Outbreak Grows As New Measures Created to Stop The Spread COVID-19: Baystate Outbreak Grows As New Measures Created to Stop The Spread
Covid-19: Baystate Outbreak Grows As New Measures Created to Stop The Spread A break-tent is going up on the Baystate Medical Center's lawn today, Wednesday, July 29, as more patients and staff fall victim to the COVID-19 outbreak at the hospital. The tent will allow employees to take socially distanced meal breaks. The number of people who have contracted COVID-19 at Baystate in Springfield has risen from 36 on July 27 to 40 on July 28 - that’s four more new cases. There are 26 staff members who are infected with COVID-19 and 14 patients, said Baystate President and CEO Dr. Mark Keroack. Of the patients, seven are being treated in the hospital and seven are out-p…

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by Kristin Palpini