‘The day the world stopped’: The 413 Worcester residents who died of COVID remembered one year after Massachusetts declared state of emergency Updated Mar 11, 2021; Facebook Share About a dozen community leaders stared stoically at the podium inside the Levi Lincoln Jr. room in Worcester City Hall on Wednesday evening. A mask covered each of their faces - like many gathering over the last 365 days. But the words spoken at the podium felt different as Tim Garvin, the President & CEO of the United Way of Central Massachusetts, lit a candle. The flame flickered as the number “413” displayed on a large screen. Roses filled each digit that represented the number of city residents who died of COVID-19 to date.