By KENNEDY GRIFFIN
(Franklin County, MA)The Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts is showing that at least 2,166 COVID-19 tests were taken in Franklin County during the past two weeks, 136 of which were confirmed positive (6.97%). This is up from the 97 confirmed positive cases in the previous two-week period.
The City of Greenfield has reported fourteen in the past seven days, with a total of 58 in December.
Although the COVID-19 Risk Level is high in Franklin County per the Greenfield Health Department, Curative will be closing their Greenfield Community College and South County Senior Center in South Deerfield COVID-19 testing centers on December 28th. The Greenfield Health Department will continue to offer rapid antigen testing, and more information on COVID-19 resources in Franklin County at frcog.org