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Local COVID-19 updates
Mar. 30th, 2021 06:50 pm( Wall-o-text )
Well, that ain't great. Day-to-day deaths, cases, and positivity are all up. So are the counts of COVID-19 patients in hospital. The seven-day averages for cases and percent-positive are both above where we were two weeks ago. (In slightly better news, the estimated active case count was down a wee bit. I guess we'll take what we can get?)
Alas, Governor Charlie Baker still seems to think things don't require any action on his part, saying this afternoon that he's "paying a lot of attention" to the rise in cases on Cape Cod:
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Given that Massachusetts currently has a seven-day daily incidence rate of 31.4 cases/100k population (per https://www.covidactnow.org/) - still sixth-highest in the nation - I was really hoping for a bit more in the way of urgency from the Governor. No such luck, I guess.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 15 active and 842 cumulative cases as of March 29. 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.
Well, that ain't great. Day-to-day deaths, cases, and positivity are all up. So are the counts of COVID-19 patients in hospital. The seven-day averages for cases and percent-positive are both above where we were two weeks ago. (In slightly better news, the estimated active case count was down a wee bit. I guess we'll take what we can get?)
Alas, Governor Charlie Baker still seems to think things don't require any action on his part, saying this afternoon that he's "paying a lot of attention" to the rise in cases on Cape Cod:
( Read more... )
Given that Massachusetts currently has a seven-day daily incidence rate of 31.4 cases/100k population (per https://www.covidactnow.org/) - still sixth-highest in the nation - I was really hoping for a bit more in the way of urgency from the Governor. No such luck, I guess.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 15 active and 842 cumulative cases as of March 29. 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.