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Daily COVID-19 caseloads are down 13 percent in the past two weeks; at least one out of five Berkshire residents have been infected since the start of the pandemic.
Why, we asked three local experts, did Berkshire County find its way this week nearly to the top of a national list for highest rates of COVID-19 by population? It’s
Berkshire County is now at the CDC’s “High/Red” level of COVID-19 Community Impact. Local hospitalizations have also continued to creep up.
Berkshire Health Systems testing, currently 500-plus people daily, shows 22 percent positive results for the disease. But intensive-care hospitalizations and deaths remain low.
Numbers continue to drop, although we may see a short uptick in local cases over the next couple weeks due to February vacation gatherings and travel.