Stay-at-home advisory extended; deaths at veterans home rise.
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is extending the state’s stay-at-home advisory until May 18 as Massachusetts continues to battle the spread of the coronavirus. Baker said Tuesday that all nonessential businesses will also remain closed until the new deadline. Authorities say the number of deaths linked to the coronavirus at a Massachusetts home for veterans has risen to 67. The first virus-related death of a resident of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke occurred in late March. A prison for women, MCI-Framingham, also has become a hot spot for coronavirus infections. Prison officials say 67 inmates and 14 staff members there have the virus.
-Associated Press
