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Local COVID-19 updates
Mar. 17th, 2021 05:40 pmIt's Evacuation Day here in Massachusetts (or at least in Boston), commemorating the day in 1776 when the British left town after having been more or less besieged since the previous April 19 (when the minor unpleasantness at Lexington and Concord occurred). Unfortunately, the coronavirus hasn't gotten the same memo General Gage eventually did.
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Day-to-day numbers, frankly, suck. Deaths and cases both are way up, as are the seven-day averages for cases, deaths and percent-positive. So are the overall hospitalization counts. Even worse, the seven-day averages for new cases and percent-positive are both worse today than two weeks ago. As a state, we may well be vaccinating as fast as we can, but we don't yet have enough people vaccinated to knock our case counts down the way Israel and Britain reportedly have. Will Governor Charlie Baker keep reopening the state if we don't see improvements in case counts between now and Monday?
The big vaccination news today, of course, is Governor Baker's announcement that everyone will be eligible for vaccination no later than April 19 (or, at least, everyone over the age of 16, which is the youngest any of the current vaccines are authorized for):
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The state still doesn't have a single-point gateway for vaccination signup, and there still isn't enough vaccine coming into the state for everyone to get their shot(s) once they become eligible. Still, for those who haven't already gotten vaccinated, knowing when they'll at least be eligible definitely counts as good news. Happy Patriot's Day, folks!
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 16 active and 809 cumulative cases as of March 16. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 10PM on March 10, 2021 reported 791 cumulative cases with 18 individuals in isolation, 741 persons recovered and 32 fatalities.
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Day-to-day numbers, frankly, suck. Deaths and cases both are way up, as are the seven-day averages for cases, deaths and percent-positive. So are the overall hospitalization counts. Even worse, the seven-day averages for new cases and percent-positive are both worse today than two weeks ago. As a state, we may well be vaccinating as fast as we can, but we don't yet have enough people vaccinated to knock our case counts down the way Israel and Britain reportedly have. Will Governor Charlie Baker keep reopening the state if we don't see improvements in case counts between now and Monday?
The big vaccination news today, of course, is Governor Baker's announcement that everyone will be eligible for vaccination no later than April 19 (or, at least, everyone over the age of 16, which is the youngest any of the current vaccines are authorized for):
( Read more... )
The state still doesn't have a single-point gateway for vaccination signup, and there still isn't enough vaccine coming into the state for everyone to get their shot(s) once they become eligible. Still, for those who haven't already gotten vaccinated, knowing when they'll at least be eligible definitely counts as good news. Happy Patriot's Day, folks!
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 16 active and 809 cumulative cases as of March 16. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 10PM on March 10, 2021 reported 791 cumulative cases with 18 individuals in isolation, 741 persons recovered and 32 fatalities.