Daily COVID-19 caseloads are down 13 percent in the past two weeks; at least one out of five Berkshire residents have been infected since the start of the pandemic.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has expanded eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to children 5 to 11 years old — in addition to everyone above that age group. Here's what you need to know.
Three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday, another step toward shots for the littlest kids possibly beginning in early summer.
Why, we asked three local experts, did Berkshire County find its way this week nearly to the top of a national list for highest rates of COVID-19 by population? It’s because, they said.
Larry Parnass
Managing editor for innovation
New daily cases of COVID-19 in Berkshire County pushed the region this week to the top of national lists, second only to a Connecticut county in the continental U.S.
Larry Parnass
Managing editor for innovation
NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES: 41,852 statewide
LATEST NUMBERS
The Berkshire Eagle's weekly recap on key COVID-19 data for Berkshire County and the state.
Larry Parnass
Managing editor for innovation
Pittsfield Health Department Director Andy Cambi offered slight optimism during a presentation to the City Council on Tuesday evening, saying that data from the city's weekly sewage testing show that the case wave may be cresting.
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
The county joined others in Massachusetts now listed at that status by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The advice now: Wear masks in public regardless of your vaccination status.
Larry Parnass
Managing editor for innovation
Berkshire Health Systems testing, currently 500-plus people daily, shows 22 percent positive results for the disease. But intensive-care hospitalizations and deaths remain low.
Sen. Adam Hinds, D-Pittsfield, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a statement released Thurday by his office.
School officials in Pittsfield knew to expect COVID-19 cases to rise after a recent vacation. But they’re dismayed to find that the increase hasn't stopped. If that continues, the district may return to required use of masks and social distancing.
Larry Parnass
Managing editor for innovation
Pittsfield is in the “red” zone for COVID-19, after the city’s positivity rate went above 5 percent, as it did April 22.
Larry Parnass
Managing editor for innovation
The federal government now says Berkshire County is at “medium” risk for the transmission of COVID-19 — a status shared, as of last week, by just 5 percent of U.S. counties. That may sound worse than it is.
Larry Parnass
Managing editor for innovation
PITTSFIELD — The picture of COVID-19 in Pittsfield continues to inspire confidence in the city’s health director.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires presents the 2022 Berkshire Nonprofit Awards
A tribute to those we have lost, December 2021 - February 2022.
Prepare for the long-term with The Berkshire Eagle’s annual guide to financial readiness and life planning.
A tribute to those we have lost, September - November 2021
The best of the best of Berkshire County, chosen by Berkshire Eagle readers.
