As of Wednesday, 122 people had died from COVID-19 in Massachusetts. Many died alone. Their funerals were tiny; their memorial services were postponed. Their families often grieved alone. These are some of those people.

Riley Rumrill, 31, enjoyed bowling and karaoke. The Boston Globe reported that Rumrill loved spending time with other people. He worked in human resources and drove an Uber. He would spend Sundays with family, often cooking at his brother’s house.

Theodore Monette, 74, spent his career serving his country. He was a retired US Army colonel who worked as a senior official with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. According to MassLive, Monette led the recovery efforts in Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Michael McKinnell, 84, was only 27 when, along with his graduate school professor, he submitted the winning design for the new Boston City Hall building. He would become a world-renowned architect and go on to design the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge and the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, according to the Gloucester Daily Times. He was also a painter who called Rockport home.

Richard Ottoway, 88, was a retired Episcopal priest living in Brewster. He enjoyed oysters and wine, collected bow ties, and fed wild birds, the Boston Globe reported. He grew up poor, in rural North Carolina, and went on to become a small-town minister, then a university chaplain. He always kept a Bible nearby.

Larry Rasky, 66, was a Democratic consultant and political confidante to former Vice President Joe Biden. Rasky founded a Boston public relations firm, after working for political giants like Jimmy Carter, John Kerry, and Ed Markey. USA Today wrote that Rasky worked as Biden’s press secretary when Biden ran for president in 1988, then joined his presidential campaign as communications director 20 years later.

Anup Singh, 71, was a retired electrical engineer who worked for Pittsfield Plastics Engineering. He was a practicing Hindu, whose family moved from India to Pittsfield in 1998. Speaking to the Berkshire Eagle, his son described Singh as a humble, hardworking family man who would find humor and spiritual acceptance in the toughest situations.

SHIRA SCHOENBERG

BEACON HILL

Gov. Charlie Baker hires a private lawyer, Mark Pearlstein, to investigate what went wrong at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home. (CommonWealth) Holyoke Soldiers’ Home superintendent Bennett Walsh, in his first public statement since he was put on leave, told MassLive that he did not conceal the impact of COVID-19. Walsh said he found out about the first death Saturday, and blamed the delay on slow testing results. (MassLive)

State budget writers are starting over, pretty much from scratch. (CommonWealth)

An eviction protection measure begins moving in the Senate, but both tenant advocates and landlords say it doesn’t go far enough. (Boston Globe)

MUNICIPAL MATTERS

Falmouth closes beach parking lots to deter gatherings. (Cape Cod Times)

WASHINGTON/NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Security is stepped up for Dr. Anthony Fauci in the face of threats against the country’s leading infectious disease expert who has been a voice urging aggressive steps to slow the spread of coronavirus. (Washington Post)

An analysis of cellphone data shows people in Florida and throughout the South continued to travel much more last week than residents of other areas of the country, potentially accelerating the spread of coronavirus in those areas. (New York Times)

A bill sponsored by US Rep. Seth Moulton would provide emergency assistance to nonprofits. (Gloucester Daily Times)

Massachusetts’s congressional delegation is calling for a fourth relief bill with more cash assistance and expanded unemployment benefits. (MassLive) Rep. William Keating urges small businesses to move fast to apply for federal aid before it’s gone. (WGBH)

LIVING WITH CORONAVIRUS

To mask or not to mask, the debate rages on. Gov. Charlie Baker (and the CDC and WHO) see no need, but a growing number of people and experts beg to differ. (CommonWealth) Eric Garcetti, the mayor of Los Angeles, tells residents to wear face masks (ABC News) Home Depot halts sales of N95 masks because of a shortage. (New York Times) New research indicates a significant percentage of COVID-19 patients, as high as 25 percent, never exhibit symptoms, another reason some suggest wearing masks make sense. (LiveScience)

Virus notes: Three more deaths in Franklin County….The president of the Boston Fed predicts 10 percent unemployment and tough times ahead for commercial real estate….Gun shops turned up on the essential business list and then quickly removed….Ocean State Job Lot’s special surcharge for employees. (CommonWealth) A gun shop in Middleborough is defying Baker’s order that gun shops are not essential businesses that should be closed. (The Enterprise)

As the DCU Center in Worcester is taking shape as a COVID-19 field hospital, Landry Arena in Fitchburg is being turned into a temporary mortuary. (Telegram & Gazette) The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center is also being considered as a temporary field hospital. (State House News Service)

ELECTIONS

Vote-by-mail initiatives are gaining steam in New England. (Boston Globe)

BUSINESS/ECONOMY

With people driving a lot less and getting into fewer accidents, auto insurers are making billions in extra profits. (Quartz)

Construction workers are calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to shut down all construction work. (The Salem News) Meanwhile, marijuana advocates are calling on Baker to reopen recreational pot shops. (The Salem News)

EDUCATION

Coronavirus is throwing off high school seniors’ college planning and decisions. (Herald News)

HEALTH/HEALTH CARE

After hinting for days at a breakthrough on personal protective equipment procurements, Gov. Charlie Baker tweets that Robert Kraft’s New England Patriots plane is delivering more than 1 million N95 medical grade masks from China. (CommonWealth) The Kraft family apparently gave the exclusive on the story to the Wall Street Journal.

How many people are currently hospitalized in Massachusetts with COVID-19? It’s hard to say. (Boston Globe) The same goes for statistics on cases in nursing homes. (Boston Globe)

Thirteen people at a Brockton homeless shelter test positive for COVID-19, and the number is likely to rise. (The Enterprise)

ICU nurses at Mass. General Hospital put out a video urging people to stay home — and donate any protective gear they have to hospitals. (Boston Herald)

North Shore hospitals prepare for a surge. (Gloucester Daily Times)

A WPI researcher is working to develop a simpler ventilator. (Telegram & Gazette)

Harrington Hospital in Southbridge had the most hospital admissions for vaping-related illnesses in the state, followed by Massachusetts General Hospital, and health officials aren’t sure why there’s a disparity. MassLive found this out after making multiple public records requests to the Department of Public Health. (MassLive)

TRANSPORTATION

MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak sends an email to employees telling them the transit authority is going to start taking their temperature prior to shifts. (Patriot Ledger) Former transportation secretary Jim Aloisi recommended that approach last week when three bus drivers tested positive. (CommonWealth)

Drivers at the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority said they never got training or cleaning supplies to deal with COVID-19. (Eagle-Tribune)

Massachusetts is set to get $1 billion from the federal government for its public transit systems. (State House News Service)

CASINOS

MGM executives are taking pay cuts, while Wynn Resorts commits to paying employees until mid-May. (MassLive)

CRIMINAL JUSTICE/COURTS

The coronavirus is now in three prisons and five jails across Massachusetts. (WBUR) Worcester Sheriff Lew Evangelidis prepares a “very short” list of inmates who could be considered for early release due to the coronavirus. (Telegram & Gazette)

The SJC ordered a new hearing for a sex offender seeking to delay part of his sentence, arguing that the court needs to consider the risks of COVID-19 in keeping him incarcerated. (The Salem News)

Arrests in Boston were down 60 percent last week compared with the same week last year. (Boston Globe)

Massachusetts courts are closed for non-emergency purposes until May 4. (Eagle-Tribune)

MEDIA

Boston.com is connecting people in need because of the coronavirus with those who can help. (Nieman Journalism Lab)