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Local (and not-so-local) COVID-19 updates
Jun. 28th, 2020 09:04 pmAs of 4PM today, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is reporting 19 newly reported confirmed COVID-19 deaths (for a total of 7,860 confirmed deaths), 163 newly reported confirmed cases (for a total of 103,539) and 9,391 new patients tested by molecular tests (for a total of 830,666), with a total of 1,048,942 molecular tests administered to date. The ratio of newly confirmed cases to individuals tested by molecular test is 1.7%. The state also reported no newly reported probable deaths (with the total remaining at 200), 61 newly reported probable cases (for a total of 5,128), and 650 patients tested by antibody tests (for a total of 70,476). In total, the state reported 19 new deaths (for a total of 8,060) and 224 new cases (for a total of 108,667).
Deaths and cases down, but so are tests; it is, after all, the weekend and I've noticed a definite tendency for numbers to go down over the weekend, only to go back up around Tuesday. Today's percent-positive rate dropped, which is nice to see; on the other hand, the three-day weighted average rate is still (slightly) above its low from the middle of last week.
Still, it's much better now here in Massachusetts than in, say, Texas, where the Governor decided to reopen the economy without being bothered to actually get the pandemic under control ... and is now facing "the prospect of mortality like that seen in New York three months ago". How Texas lost control of the virus:
( even the fuckups are bigger in Texas )
The town of Acton has yet to provide an update for today. The most recent update, at 8PM on Wednesday 6/24, reported 173 cumulative cases with 2 individuals in isolation, 150 persons recovered and 21 fatalities.
Deaths and cases down, but so are tests; it is, after all, the weekend and I've noticed a definite tendency for numbers to go down over the weekend, only to go back up around Tuesday. Today's percent-positive rate dropped, which is nice to see; on the other hand, the three-day weighted average rate is still (slightly) above its low from the middle of last week.
Still, it's much better now here in Massachusetts than in, say, Texas, where the Governor decided to reopen the economy without being bothered to actually get the pandemic under control ... and is now facing "the prospect of mortality like that seen in New York three months ago". How Texas lost control of the virus:
( even the fuckups are bigger in Texas )
The town of Acton has yet to provide an update for today. The most recent update, at 8PM on Wednesday 6/24, reported 173 cumulative cases with 2 individuals in isolation, 150 persons recovered and 21 fatalities.