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Local COVID-19 updates
Apr. 28th, 2021 06:12 pm( Wall-o-text )
Cases and deaths both up day-to-day, which doesn't really make yesterday's announcements of more and more restrictions being lifted look like a terribly good idea. On the other hand, the estimated active case count and the hospitalization counts are all down, which is good to see, the seven-day averages are down or nearly constant day-over-day and all down compared to two weeks ago, and the fourteen-day daily incidence rate is down quite a bit, so that's all to the good.
In vaccination news, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that there's now clinical proof that the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines cut COVID-19 hospitalizations in the elderly by huge amounts:
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Alas, no word yet on effectiveness for folks under 65, but this evidence is ... remarkably strong. The full report is available on the CDC website.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 13 active and 952 cumulative cases as of April 27. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 6PM on April 27, 2021 reported 951 cumulative cases with 13 individuals in isolation, 906 persons recovered and 32 fatalities; that's 37 more cumulative cases, 54 more persons recovered and (thankfully!) no more fatalities than the previous update at 4:45PM on April 13, 2021.
Cases and deaths both up day-to-day, which doesn't really make yesterday's announcements of more and more restrictions being lifted look like a terribly good idea. On the other hand, the estimated active case count and the hospitalization counts are all down, which is good to see, the seven-day averages are down or nearly constant day-over-day and all down compared to two weeks ago, and the fourteen-day daily incidence rate is down quite a bit, so that's all to the good.
In vaccination news, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that there's now clinical proof that the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines cut COVID-19 hospitalizations in the elderly by huge amounts:
( Read more... )
Alas, no word yet on effectiveness for folks under 65, but this evidence is ... remarkably strong. The full report is available on the CDC website.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 13 active and 952 cumulative cases as of April 27. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 6PM on April 27, 2021 reported 951 cumulative cases with 13 individuals in isolation, 906 persons recovered and 32 fatalities; that's 37 more cumulative cases, 54 more persons recovered and (thankfully!) no more fatalities than the previous update at 4:45PM on April 13, 2021.