By CHRIS COLLINS
(undated) – The COVID 19 Omicron variant continues its rapid spread across Massachusetts. State officials reported a new one-day record of over 10,000 new COVID cases in one day late last week. The commonwealth is also closing in on a grim milestone of 20,000 deaths from the virus. At Baystate Medical Center, there are currently 156 COVID patients in the system, 20 of which are on the critical list. The vast majority of those cases are in the Springfield Baystate facility.