Boston Hope field hospital discharges last patients.
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Thursday the last patients have been discharged from Boston Hope, the field hospital set up to help hospitals cope with an expected influx of COVID-19 patients. There were 50 new deaths reported Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed and probable deaths attributed to COVID-19 to 7,201. Unemployment insurance claims begin to slow. The Massachusetts Department of Correction said it has met its goal of conducting universal COVID-19 testing at all 16 of its facilities. The Trustees of Reservations is reopening 14 more of its properties, giving Massachusetts residents itching to get outdoors more options.
-Associated Press