Coronavirus in Waltham: Number Of Cases Above 400

WALTHAM, MA — The number of people who have tested positive in the city for the new coronavirus is now above 400, according to city data. Six people have died in Waltham.

As of Saturday, April 18, the last time the town released numbers, a total of 407 had tested positive for the virus that causes the COVID-19 illness, according to Mayor Jeannette McCarthy Sunday.

The news comes as 146 New Deaths, 1,705 More Cases across the commonwealth bringing the number of people in Massachusetts who have tested positive for the virus to 38,077 and the number of deaths rose to 1,706.

The total cases in Middlesex County, is 8,737. Some 372 people in the county have died because of complications to the virus.

A state of emergency remains in effect until at least May 4. With Massachusetts now home to some of the highest number of cases in the country, it's not clear of Gov. Charlie Baker will extend it as New York's Gov. Andrew Cuomo did recently for New York, largely considered the epicenter of the US outbreak.

Echoing the health experts, city officials implored residents to continue to stay home as much as possible and to wear masks or cloth coverings when going out for essential items.

The mayor's Sunday update includes interviews with some Waltham children about how they're coping:

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