The Local Impact

Massachusetts: 
743,950 cases (up 7,671 from Thursday)  ·  18,094 deaths (up 48 from Thursday)  ·  636 hospitalizations (down 39 from Thursday)

Rhode Island: 
169,686 cases (up 1,711 from Thursday)  ·  2,816 deaths (up 6 from Thursday)  ·  124 hospitalizations (up 3 from Thursday)

Reported increases or decreases from the last issue of this newsletter.

Sources:
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Rhode Island Department of Health

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Top Stories: COVID-19 Impact

• The pandemic has been uniquely disruptive for young adults, reports my colleague Laura Krantz.
• Massachusetts’ Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders has been added as a defendant in a lawsuit against officials leading the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, where 76 residents died in the spring of 2020.

State education leaders released 2021 MCAS results today, and scores have plummeted since 2019. How did your school do? Check here to see our school-by-school breakdown.