THE SUSPECT IS FACING MULTIPLE
CHARGES INCLUDING ASSAULT AND
BATTERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON.
>>> TURNING TO THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC, THE STATE ANNOUNCING
NEARLY 1900 NEW CASES TODAY, 29
MORE PEOPLE HAVE DIED.
TODAY MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE
FIRST COVID-RELATED DEATH WAS
REPORTED IN THE STATE.
SINCE THEN, 16,498 PEOPLE IN
MASSACHUSETTS HAVE DIED.
ON MONDAY, MASSACHUSETTS MOVES
INTO STEP ONE OF PHASE FOUR, THE
FINAL PHASE IN REOPENING FROM
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
STADIUMS WILL BE ABLE TO START
ALLOWING FANS TO ATTEND GAMES.
NBC 10’S MALCOLM JOHNSON IS LIVE
OUTSIDE FENWAY PARK TO TELL US HOW NEARBY BUSINESSES ARE
GEARING UP FOR MORE CUSTOMERS.
>> Reporter: WE’VE SEEN SO MANY
BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY THE
RESTAURANTS, WITH NOTHING BUT
CUSTOMERS AND PATRONS ENJOYING
THEMSELVES NOT JUST BECAUSE IT’S
SPRING, BUT THE FACT THAT A LOT
OF THESE RESTAURANTS ARE NOW AT
100% CAPACITY.
WE’RE JUST OUTSIDE OF THE RED
SOX TEAM STORE.
CHANCES ARE OVER THE NEXT DAYS
AND WEEKS THAT FOOT TRAFFIC WILL
INCREASE THERE JUST THE SAME.
THAT’S BECAUSE FENWAY PARK, THEY
ARE GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE TO OPEN
UP COME MONDAY.
AS WE KNOW, THE SOX BEGIN THEIR
SEASON WITH THE HOME OPENER ON
APRIL 1st.
A NUMBER OF OTHER
PREVIOUSLY-CLOSED BUSINESS
SECTORS UNDER TIGHT CAPACITY
RESTRICTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
HAVE THEM INCREASED OVER TIME IF
PUBLIC HEALTH DATA CONTINUES TO
IMPROVE.
IN MARCH ALONE HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE DROPPED BY 20% AND DEATHS
HAVE DROPPED BY 24%.
MANAGERS CANNOT WAIT FOR THEM TO
RETURN.
>> HOME GAME FOR THE RED SOX AND
OPENING DAY, WHICH DOESN’T
HAPPEN EVERY YEAR, IT’S GOING TO
BE GREAT TO HAVE 12% CAPACITY IN
THE PARK.
I’D LIKE 100%, BUT HEY, WE’LL TAKE IT.
YOU KNOW, ANY POSITIVE NEWS IS
GREAT AT THIS POINT.
>> IT FEELS SO GOOD.
I CAN’T EVEN EXPRESS.
LIKE, WE MOVED TO BOSTON PRETTY
RECENTLY, SO WE CAN’T EVEN MEET
NEW PEOPLE.
JUST BEING ABLE TO GET OUT AND
ABOUT RIGHT NOW JUST FEELS SO
GOOD.
>> Reporter: REFRESHING FOR A
LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT WE TALKED
TO.
AGAIN, BEGINNING ON MONDAY
INDOOR AND OUTDOOR BARS,
BALLPARKS, THEY WILL ALL BE ELIGIBLE -- OUTDOOR ARENAS, THAT