VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW ENGLAND

 

Virus in New England: Mobile hospital; Soldier home deaths

In coronavirus news around New England, the number of people in Massachusetts who have died from COVID-19 rose to 686 Saturday, an increase of 87.. More than 250 child care programs in New Hampshire have been designated as emergency providers. Another seven residents of Rhode Island have died from COVID-19. There has been an uptick in the number of coronavirus cases in Maine. The Connecticut National Guard is working Saturday to turn the Connecticut Convention Center into a mobile hospital. And Vermont Rep. Peter Welch says dairy farms should be eligible for $10,000 Small Business Administration emergency loans.