Just a handful of Covid cases are hospitalized despite rise in local infections tied to variant
Covid-19 cases are beginning to climb again in Cambridge, with 484 new infections in the seven days starting April 2. The increase is probably due to the extremely contagious BA.2 omicron subvariant, which now dominates cases in the region but, health care officials say, hasn’t created “strain on the health care system.”
Cambridge hospitals are full as Covid-19 surges; Governor orders elective procedures postponed
Cambridge’s two hospitals, Mount Auburn Hospital and CHA Cambridge Hospital, are full as Covid-19 case counts and hospitalizations in Massachusetts grow. Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday ordered hospitals to postpone all elective procedures likely to result in hospital admissions.
CHA is cutting urgent care hours in Somerville when it reopens doors after water main break
Cambridge Health Alliance will reduce hours at its urgent care clinic in Somerville when it reopens after a water main break that forced the closing of the entire CHA Somerville Campus on Sept. 28. The clinic at the former hospital will lop one hour off weekdays and more on weekends.