Grafton’s COVID-19 cases climb to 6 in one week

There are now six confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Grafton, just a week after the very first resident tested positive.

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 3,240 confirmed cases in the state, a jump of 823 cases in the last 24 hours. More than 29,000 people in the state have been tested, with 219 testing positive in Worcester County. Thirty-five people have died, according to the state Department of Public Health.

Beginning March 27, all travelers arriving to Massachusetts are instructed to self-quarantine for 14 days. This guidance will be displayed as posters at service plazas along 1-90 eastbound, distributed as flyers at major transportation hubs and on posted on highway message boards. Visitors are instructed not to travel to Massachusetts if they are displaying symptoms. Health care workers, public health workers, public safety workers, transportation workers and designated essential workers are exempt from this requirement.

The state is extending the 2019 state individual income tax filing and payment deadline from April 15 to July 15, matching the July 15 deadline for filing federal individual income taxes.

In the United States, there have been 85,356 cases of COVID-19 and 1,246 deaths, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.