CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Numbers Surging, Baker Investigating Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Tragedy

By Franklin County Now April 1, 2020 4:43 pm

The Department of Public Health reports that are now 7,738 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, including 122 deaths.

According to the DPH, 51,738 individuals have been tested. There are 4,803 new cases for a total of 7,738. There are 33 new deaths were reported for a total of 122.

Coronavirus cases by county:

Franklin 72

The tragedy at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home is now the subject of an independent investigation by the Baker administration. Governor Baker today said that the administration has hired an attorney to conduct an independent investigation of the events that led to 13 COVID-19 related deaths at the Soldiers’ Home of Holyoke. The governor’s office hired Attorney Mark W. Pearlstein to investigate.

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