Dedham Coronavirus: 77 Positive Cases

DEDHAM, MA — Dedham reported 77 positive cases of the new coronavirus, as of Wednesday. Dedham’s Public Health Nurse and school nurse volunteers are maintaining daily surveillance on coronavirus cases in the community.

Dedham's Department of Health recommends workers in grocery stores wear face masks.

Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday the state "is still on the upward slope of this pandemic." Across the state, there has been a total of 503 deaths and 18,941 cases.

On Thursday, Gov. Charlie Baker signed three executive orders aimed at expanding the state's health care capacity. One order will allow for an easier transition for foreign-educated doctors to get licensed in Massachusetts, another will allow nursing school graduates and students in their last semester without licenses to practice under supervision and the third requires insurers to cover medical costs during the treatment of the coronavirus at out-of-network hospitals.

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