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Local COVID-19 updates
Mar. 29th, 2021 05:30 pm( Wall-o-text )
I always like to see day-to-day declines in newly reported deaths. I also usually like to see declines in newly reported cases (like today), but not when the newly reported tests drop by a greater proportion (also like today); coming off a weekend like we are, I tend to suspect that the case drop is due to reporting wonkiness. Day-to-day hikes in the estimated active case count aren't good; neither are hikes in three of the four seven-day averages (cases, percent-positive, and hospitalization).
The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, warned today of a feeling of "impending doom" as COVID-19 case counts and deaths are rising nationwide:
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I have seen no news coverage yet of any reaction by Governor Baker - who, as one might recall, moved Massachusetts to Phase 4 of the reopening plan last Monday.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 20 active and 842 cumulative cases as of March 28. The values for March 25 were 22 active and 832 cumulative cases; for March 26, 24 active and 837 cumulative; for March 27, 26 active and 839 cumulative. 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.
I always like to see day-to-day declines in newly reported deaths. I also usually like to see declines in newly reported cases (like today), but not when the newly reported tests drop by a greater proportion (also like today); coming off a weekend like we are, I tend to suspect that the case drop is due to reporting wonkiness. Day-to-day hikes in the estimated active case count aren't good; neither are hikes in three of the four seven-day averages (cases, percent-positive, and hospitalization).
The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, warned today of a feeling of "impending doom" as COVID-19 case counts and deaths are rising nationwide:
( Read more... )
I have seen no news coverage yet of any reaction by Governor Baker - who, as one might recall, moved Massachusetts to Phase 4 of the reopening plan last Monday.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 20 active and 842 cumulative cases as of March 28. The values for March 25 were 22 active and 832 cumulative cases; for March 26, 24 active and 837 cumulative; for March 27, 26 active and 839 cumulative. 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.