No rain yet, but ...

Let's have a tornado watch, courtesy of Tropical Storm Isaias, shall we?
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Since Isaias is heading for New Jersey and New York rather than Massachusetts, the National Weather Service isn't predicting much in the way of rain for my neck of the woods. There's probably one strong rain band that will pass through later this afternoon. However, I'm clearly on the windy side of this storm.

Yay?

Local COVID-19 updates

As of 4PM today, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is reporting 9 newly reported confirmed deaths (for a total of 8,436), 438 newly reported confirmed cases (for a total of 111,033), and 15,316 new patients tested by molecular tests (for a total of 1,234,106), with a total of 1,611,827 molecular tests administered to date. The ratio of newly confirmed cases to individuals tested by molecular test is 2.9%. The state also reported zero newly reported probable deaths (for a total of 221), 108 newly reported probable cases (for a total of 8,170), and 783 patients tested by antibody tests (for a total of 98,298). Combining the confirmed and probable numbers gives 9 new deaths (for a total of 8,657) and 546 new cases (for a total of 119,203).

The seven day average number of newly confirmed cases per day is 327.6 compared to 217.0 last week and 176.4 two weeks ago. The seven day average number of newly confirmed deaths per day is 15.0 compared to 14.3 last week and 15.1 two weeks ago. The seven day average number of molecular tests per day is 14,347.4 compared to 11,615.0 last week and 11,471.3 two weeks ago. The seven day average percentage of tests coming back positive per day is 2.3% compared to 1.9% last week and 1.6% two weeks ago. (The above averages are calculated from today's raw data download.)

Fuck. It's good to see deaths down. But cases are way up, and so is the percent-positive ratio. Worse, the seven-day averages continue to trend badly.

At least I'm not the only one noticing these trends. Governor Baker and his folks have seen it as well, and he's hinting at scaling things back if the numbers keep deteriorating:
( snippage to preserver your reading page )

The town of Acton has yet to post an update today. As of the most recent report at 3PM on July 28,the town reported 183 cumulative cases of COVID-19 in Acton with 4 individuals in isolation, 158 recovered and 21 fatalities.