COVID-19 cases in Grafton now at 29

There are now 29 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Grafton.

Public health officials are informing individuals who may have come in contact with them about their risk of exposure, a release from the town noted.

As of Friday, there are 18,941 confirmed cases in the state, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported. Patients tested number 94,957, with 1,461 testing positive in Worcester County. Five hundred and three people have died in the state since the start of the pandemic.

There are 427,460 cases reported in the United States, with 14,696 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control.