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More free at-home COVID tests are now available as virus cases spike across US

Every U.S. household can now order a third round of free at-home COVID tests as the highly transmissible omicron subvariants fuel a spike in virus cases.

BOSTON, MA – May 17: The free Covid test kits issued by the US government and postal service on May 17, 2022 in , BOSTON, MA. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Tuesday reported 3,425 COVID-19 cases, an 18% increase from last Tuesday. Virus hospitalizations surpassed 800 patients for the first time in three months.

Massachusetts COVID cases jump 18%, hospitalizations surpass 800 patients for first time in months

COVID-19's impacts on the workforce have been well-documented as employees have fled their full-time jobs as part of the "Great Resignation" and employers have struggled to replace them. But a March report on the impact of the pandemic on the public sector included a startling statistic: more than half of all the local and state government workers surveyed said they were thinking about leaving their jobs.

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