(Combined Sources) Massachusetts has delayed the resumption of jury trials until early next month. Trial Court Chief Justice Paula Carey said in a statement last week that the earliest potential start date for jury trials will be extended to Nov. 9. The delay comes amid a rising number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 around the state. The Office of Jury Commissioner is canceling jurors summoned for the weeks of Oct. 26 and Nov. 2. Trials scheduled prior to Nov. 9 will be rescheduled. Plans call for conducting a limited number of trials at first, with six-person juries, in a designated number of courthouses.