WORCESTER, Mass. - The City of Worcester unveiled a memorial at Elm Park on Tuesday to honor the hundreds of residents who died from COVID-19.

The memorial is located on the Russell Street side of Elm Park.

The City of Worcester hopes the plaque will become "...a place of reflection for all those seeking solace due to the hardship, loss, and grief caused during the pandemic." 

The plaque reads: "In grateful appreciation of the hundreds of dedicated doctors, nurses, health providers and hospital staff whose skill and caring saved countless lives and eased the suffering of many victims and their families.

In grateful appreciate of all essential workers, public and private, that allowed for the need of our City to be met during the lockdown and were often performed without the benefit of proper equipment and supplies to protect their own safety.

And this memorail is lovingly dedicated to the hundreds of Worcester residents who have died due to this global pandemic. They are forever loved and never forgotten."