Milford Senior Home Worker Threatened To Spread Coronavirus: PD

MILFORD, MA — An employee at a Milford assisted living facility was taken off the job this week after threatening to spread coronavirus, according to the police log.

The incident happened just before noon on Tuesday at the Whitcomb House facility along West Street. An administrator at the facility suspended the employee after she threatened to spread the virus to residents. The administrator called police to make a record of the incident, according to the log.

Coronavirus has decimated nursing homes across the state and the nation. Out of the 7,710 people in Massachusetts who have died of COVID-19 since March, 4,970 are connected to some type of long-term care facility.

However, Whitcomb House, which has a capacity of about 87 residents, had zero confirmed coronavirus cases as of June 17, according to the state Department of Health.

Milford has counted 636 total coronavirus cases since the state began tracking that data in March.