There were no new coronavirus deaths reported in Western Massachusetts on Wednesday. Springfield reported its highest daily number of cases yesterday, one-hundred-15.
According to the Springfield Mayor in a late night statement:
"Please we need to stay ever vigilant especially our young people, some of which, who are not taking this pandemic seriously. I know we are all tired, but please we all need to follow and adhere to the public health guidelines and personal responsibility. Again, please wear your masks. It’s not going to kill you to wear a mask but God forbid, it could if you don’t wear one. Commissioner Caulton-Harris and myself cannot stress enough the importance to adhering to all of the public health, personal hygiene and social distancing procedures. Though they might seem simple and common sense, they will play a pivotal role in starving and killing this virus. The sooner we do so the sooner we will defeat this COVID-19 Coronavirus."
There were another fifty cases reported in Berkshire County, which suddenly finds itself approaching one-thousand cases. There were three-hundred-27 total cases reported yesterday in Western Mass.
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