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Local COVID-19 updates
Dec. 17th, 2020 05:48 pm( Wall-o-text, with weekly bad news )
Mightily doth this suck. Admittedly, the day-to-day deaths are down a bunch, and the day-to-day cases and positivity are both down a tad. However, the estimated active cases and all the hospitalization counts are still climbing, and that ain't good. The weekly numbers are even worse, as the state is up to 187 cities and towns in the highest-risk category, up from 158 just last week; only 88 are still in the lowest-risk (gray or green) categories.
The local news has been focused on today's snowstorm, which dropped better than a foot of very fluffy snow on my neck of the woods. Also a point of discussion: COVID-19 vaccines, especially what looks like the FDA being about to approve the Moderna mRNA vaccine candidate. (An outside advisory panel just voted 20-0 with one abstention to recommend the emergency use authorization.) As far as I can tell, Governor Baker hasn't said a word today about the pandemic.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 67 active and 437 cumulative cases as of December 16. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 9PM on December 15 reported 433 cumulative cases with 63 individuals in isolation, 345 persons recovered and 25 fatalities.
Mightily doth this suck. Admittedly, the day-to-day deaths are down a bunch, and the day-to-day cases and positivity are both down a tad. However, the estimated active cases and all the hospitalization counts are still climbing, and that ain't good. The weekly numbers are even worse, as the state is up to 187 cities and towns in the highest-risk category, up from 158 just last week; only 88 are still in the lowest-risk (gray or green) categories.
The local news has been focused on today's snowstorm, which dropped better than a foot of very fluffy snow on my neck of the woods. Also a point of discussion: COVID-19 vaccines, especially what looks like the FDA being about to approve the Moderna mRNA vaccine candidate. (An outside advisory panel just voted 20-0 with one abstention to recommend the emergency use authorization.) As far as I can tell, Governor Baker hasn't said a word today about the pandemic.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 67 active and 437 cumulative cases as of December 16. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 9PM on December 15 reported 433 cumulative cases with 63 individuals in isolation, 345 persons recovered and 25 fatalities.