WORCESTER COVID-19 case counts in the city continued to fall over the past week, amid increasing vaccination availability, more reopenings and rule relaxations.
The city confirmed 107 more cases of the pandemic virus over the past week for a total of 23,579 since March 2020. That number is down 63 cases from last week, when the city reported 170 new cases.
Hospitalizations saw sharp decreases between St. Vincent Hospital and UMass Memorial Health Care; the two hospital systems reported a total of 35 COVID-19-positive inpatients, down 17 from last week.
There were 15 COVID-19-positive intensive care unit patients, a decrease of one over last week.
The hospital system confirmed another five deaths over last week for a total of 728 since the start of the pandemic. Two more city residents died from the virus, bringing the total in the city to 424.
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Bates students support Palestinians, denounce college
Bates College student government and others decry decision to call police over anti-Israel graffiti as a censure of student voices.
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LEWISTON The student government at Bates College joined 14 other student organizations to denounce the college’s decision this week to ask police to investigate some anti-Israel graffiti.
Getting the police involved, their joint statement said, was “a censure of student voices” that “makes students feel unsafe and oppressed on our campus.”
“We fear for our communities of color, specifically brown, Arab, Middle Eastern and Muslim students, that will most likely be the targets of this investigation,” said the statement, which also included a call to “free Palestine.”
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LEWISTON The student government at Bates College joined 14 other student organizations to denounce the college’s decision this week to ask police to investigate some anti-Israel graffiti.
Getting the police involved, their joint statement said, was “a censure of student voices” that “makes students feel unsafe and oppressed on our campus.”
“We fear for our communities of color, specifically brown, Arab, Middle Eastern and Muslim students, that will most likely be the targets of this investigation,” said the statement, which also included a call to “free Palestine.”
Part of a long Instagram post by the Bates Student Government that backs Palestinian rights and denounces Bates College’s decision to call the police over anti-Israel graffiti.