Worcester officials announced Friday afternoon that the city has had 1,618 confirmed COVID-19 cases, an increase of 76 over the numbers announced Thursday.The number of cases recorded in Worcester County reached 4,227 Friday, and 166 Worcester County residents have died in the pandemic.Statewide 50,969 people have had confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Friday. Of those 4,946 were new cases reported in the last day. The state has had 2,556 people die from the disease, 196 […]