Cases of coronavirus surged in Massachusetts, creating a new hotspot for the virus, as officials scramble to beef up hospital capacities for the influx of positive cases.
, creating a new hot spot for the virus, as officials scramble to beef up hospital capacities for the influx of patients.
“We’re right in the middle of the surge now," the state's Republican governor, Charlie Baker, said Sunday on CBS News' “Face the Nation."New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose state has battled through the worst of the pandemic with overflowing hospitals, overcrowded morgues, and overwhelmed funeral parlors and gravesites to accommodate the massive death toll of 18,609 people, vowed to send 400 ventilators to support Massachusetts.
Vice President Mike Pence said the White House is closely watching the Boston area, and the coordinator of the federal coronavirus task force, Dr. Deborah Birx, said officials are “very much focused” on Massachusetts. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh warned that violators congregating in parks and outdoors would be sanctioned by law enforcement if necessary.
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