Local COVID-19 updates
Feb. 9th, 2021 05:23 pm( Wall-o-text )
Day-to-day deaths are up, which is never good. So are cases, but not by a huge amount; tests are up far more, which does lend credence to the idea that maybe, just maybe, the spread of the coronavirus is actually slowing in Massachusetts. It is nice to see the newly reported case count below two thousand for two days running; the last time we saw that was on November 8 and 9 of last year.
And the state is beginning to actually make some progress getting folks vaccinated:
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Alas, no decisions yet on when they're going to let the next groups (folks aged 65-74, or with two or more comorbidities) start signing up.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 23 active and 709 cumulative cases as of February 8. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 2:30PM on February 3, 2021 reported 691 cumulative cases with 30 individuals in isolation, 631 persons recovered and 30 fatalities.
Day-to-day deaths are up, which is never good. So are cases, but not by a huge amount; tests are up far more, which does lend credence to the idea that maybe, just maybe, the spread of the coronavirus is actually slowing in Massachusetts. It is nice to see the newly reported case count below two thousand for two days running; the last time we saw that was on November 8 and 9 of last year.
And the state is beginning to actually make some progress getting folks vaccinated:
( Read more... )
Alas, no decisions yet on when they're going to let the next groups (folks aged 65-74, or with two or more comorbidities) start signing up.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 23 active and 709 cumulative cases as of February 8. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 2:30PM on February 3, 2021 reported 691 cumulative cases with 30 individuals in isolation, 631 persons recovered and 30 fatalities.