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Local COVID-19 updates
Oct. 27th, 2020 04:25 pmAs of 4PM today, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is reporting 7 newly reported confirmed deaths (10 less than yesterday - down 58.8%) for a total of 9,664 deaths, 1,025 newly reported confirmed cases (191 less than yesterday - down 15.7%) for a total of 149,361 cases, and 13,727 new patients tested by molecular tests (6,359 less than yesterday - down 31.7%) for a total of 2,665,975 individuals tested. There were 57,358 new molecular tests reported (1,500 more than yesterday - up 2.7%) with a total of 5,781,231 molecular tests administered to date. The ratio of newly confirmed cases to individuals tested by molecular test is 7.5%, compared to 6.1% yesterday. The state also reported zero newly reported probable deaths (same as yesterday) for a total of 224 deaths, and 235 newly reported probable cases (235 more than yesterday) for a total of 3,676 cases. The state also reported 182 patients tested by antibody tests (38 more than yesterday - up 26.4%) for a total of 126,155 patients, and 3,974 patients tested by antigen tests (3,484 more than yesterday - up 711.0%) for a total of 178,728 patients. Combining the confirmed and probable numbers gives 7 new deaths for a total of 9,888 and 1,260 new cases for a total of 153,037.
The seven day average number of newly confirmed cases per day is 1,009.4 compared to 675.7 last week (up 49.4%) and 600.9 two weeks ago (up 68.0%). The seven day average number of newly confirmed deaths per day is 18.1 compared to 17.7 last week (up 2.4%) and 12.9 two weeks ago (up 41.1%). The seven day average number of newly tested individuals per day is 16,635.7 compared to 15,090.1 last week (up 10.2%) and 16,176.9 two weeks ago (up 2.8%). The seven day average percentage of individuals coming back confirmed positive per day is 6.1% compared to 4.5% last week and 3.7% two weeks ago. (The above averages are calculated from today's raw data download.)
Of the Commonwealth's four "key metrics" listed on page 2 of the report, the seven-day weighted average positive test rate is 1.7%, 122% above the lowest observed value of 0.8% on September 21. The three-day average number of COVID-19 patients in hospital is 552, 82% above the lowest observed value of 302 on August 29. The number of hospitals using surge capacity is 2, 2 above the lowest observed value of 0 on October 18. The three-day average number of COVID-19 deaths is 16, 71% above the lowest observed value of 9 on September 7.
Day-by-day deaths and cases are both down, which is obviously good; however, this is the fourth day in a row with more than a thousand new confirmed cases, which is horrible. In fact, the seven-day average number of new cases is now over a thousand! The seven-day average death count is also on an upward trend again, as are all four of the state's "key metrics".
Governor Baker did hold a press conference today, and did share some new information:
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As noted in the Globe report, Baker did not list any new plans for dealing with the pandemic. Arrrgh. He did mention that there will be more data published in the weekly reports concerning coronavirus clusters, starting with Thursday's report. (This wasn't included in the Globe report, but can be seen at around 3:50 in the YouTube video of the press conference.)
The town of Acton has yet to post an update today. As of the most recent report at 6:25PM on October 21, the town of Acton reported 224 cumulative cases of COVID-19 in town with 8 individuals in isolation, 194 recovered and 21 fatalities.
The seven day average number of newly confirmed cases per day is 1,009.4 compared to 675.7 last week (up 49.4%) and 600.9 two weeks ago (up 68.0%). The seven day average number of newly confirmed deaths per day is 18.1 compared to 17.7 last week (up 2.4%) and 12.9 two weeks ago (up 41.1%). The seven day average number of newly tested individuals per day is 16,635.7 compared to 15,090.1 last week (up 10.2%) and 16,176.9 two weeks ago (up 2.8%). The seven day average percentage of individuals coming back confirmed positive per day is 6.1% compared to 4.5% last week and 3.7% two weeks ago. (The above averages are calculated from today's raw data download.)
Of the Commonwealth's four "key metrics" listed on page 2 of the report, the seven-day weighted average positive test rate is 1.7%, 122% above the lowest observed value of 0.8% on September 21. The three-day average number of COVID-19 patients in hospital is 552, 82% above the lowest observed value of 302 on August 29. The number of hospitals using surge capacity is 2, 2 above the lowest observed value of 0 on October 18. The three-day average number of COVID-19 deaths is 16, 71% above the lowest observed value of 9 on September 7.
Day-by-day deaths and cases are both down, which is obviously good; however, this is the fourth day in a row with more than a thousand new confirmed cases, which is horrible. In fact, the seven-day average number of new cases is now over a thousand! The seven-day average death count is also on an upward trend again, as are all four of the state's "key metrics".
Governor Baker did hold a press conference today, and did share some new information:
( Read more... )
As noted in the Globe report, Baker did not list any new plans for dealing with the pandemic. Arrrgh. He did mention that there will be more data published in the weekly reports concerning coronavirus clusters, starting with Thursday's report. (This wasn't included in the Globe report, but can be seen at around 3:50 in the YouTube video of the press conference.)
The town of Acton has yet to post an update today. As of the most recent report at 6:25PM on October 21, the town of Acton reported 224 cumulative cases of COVID-19 in town with 8 individuals in isolation, 194 recovered and 21 fatalities.