Local COVID-19 updates
Mar. 25th, 2021 05:42 pmThe state's fancy Tableau data visualizer is currently offline; the dashboard page has the following notice:
( Wall-o-text: rising case counts and 32 high risk communities )
Oh, joy. Day-to-day deaths are down, but newly reported cases are up again. Seven-day positivity is down (barely), but up if you eliminate the higher-education tests. The COVID ICU population is down, but the overall COVID hospitalization count is up. Estimated cases and the seven-day averages for deaths, cases and hospitalization are all up as well. (And, of course, all those averages are up from two weeks ago.) The weekly city and town level data is also trending in the wrong direction, with 32 communities in the high-risk category (up from 20 last week) and the statewide incidence numbers continuing to climb.
However, those cases are now mostly in younger residents:
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So, I guess that makes it all okay to reopen the TD Garden for tonight's Bruins game? (Hint: I don't think so. But my opinion isn't the one governing the situation.)
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 22 active and 832 cumulative cases as of March 24. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 2PM on March 19, 2021 reported 813 cumulative cases with 9 individuals in isolation, 772 persons recovered and 32 fatalities.
Please note: The site is experiencing technical difficulties with the Tableau platform and we are working to resolve them as soon as possible. While the interactive dashboard is not currently available, the Raw Data file posted below is current and reflects COVID-19 case counts and other data reported through March 24, 2021. Thank you for your patience.However, since I could get the raw data file (and the state hasn't broken the format recently), I can generate the following wall of text. (Spoiler alert: I don't think this is good news.)
( Wall-o-text: rising case counts and 32 high risk communities )
Oh, joy. Day-to-day deaths are down, but newly reported cases are up again. Seven-day positivity is down (barely), but up if you eliminate the higher-education tests. The COVID ICU population is down, but the overall COVID hospitalization count is up. Estimated cases and the seven-day averages for deaths, cases and hospitalization are all up as well. (And, of course, all those averages are up from two weeks ago.) The weekly city and town level data is also trending in the wrong direction, with 32 communities in the high-risk category (up from 20 last week) and the statewide incidence numbers continuing to climb.
However, those cases are now mostly in younger residents:
( Read more... )
So, I guess that makes it all okay to reopen the TD Garden for tonight's Bruins game? (Hint: I don't think so. But my opinion isn't the one governing the situation.)
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 22 active and 832 cumulative cases as of March 24. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 2PM on March 19, 2021 reported 813 cumulative cases with 9 individuals in isolation, 772 persons recovered and 32 fatalities.