Department of Public Health

The Baker-Polito Administration has announced additional measures to address a recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts and to ensure acute care hospitals have sufficient capacity to care for both COVID and non-COVID patients.

This latest report increases the Commonwealth's number of confirmed cases to 808,601 since the beginning of the pandemic and the number of deaths to 18,719.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has released updated guidance regarding the use of face coverings and cloth masks by individuals who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19. This week, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated guidance that continues to state that individuals who are fully vaccinated may, as a general matter, resume many of the activities that

The confusion is over.

Summer is almost here, and when we think of summer... we think of having fun but there is more to take into consideration.

This is a collection of information that I share each day on my Berkshire News Network Coronavirus Information Update reports, which are heard on all of our Townsquare Media Berkshire stations. If you hear it there... you'll find it here: Monday May 11, 2020 Berkshire County Numbers: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Berkshire County: 475 The number of COVID-19 Deaths in Berkshire Count

This is a collection of information that I share each day on my Berkshire News Network Coronavirus Information Update reports, which are heard on all of our Townsquare Media Berkshire stations. If you hear it there... you'll find it here: Friday May 8, 2020 Berkshire County Numbers: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Berkshire County: 464 The number of COVID-19 Deaths in Berkshire County

This is a collection of information that I share each day on my Berkshire News Network Coronavirus Information Update reports, which are heard on all of our Townsquare Media Berkshire stations. If you hear it there... you'll find it here: Thursday May 7, 2020 Berkshire County Numbers: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Berkshire County: 461 The number of COVID-19 Deaths in Berkshire Coun

This is a collection of information that I share each day on my Berkshire News Network Coronavirus Information Update reports, which are heard on all of our Townsquare Media Berkshire stations. If you hear it there... you'll find it here: Wednesday May 6, 2020 Berkshire County Numbers: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Berkshire County: 457 The number of COVID-19 Deaths in Berkshire Cou

This is a collection of information that I share each day on my Berkshire News Network Coronavirus Information Update reports, which are heard on all of our Townsquare Media Berkshire stations. If you hear it there... you'll find it here: Tuesday May 5, 2020 Berkshire County Numbers: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Berkshire County: 453 The number of COVID-19 Deaths in Berkshire Count