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Local COVID-19 updates
May. 3rd, 2021 05:47 pm( Wall-o-text )
Day-to-day deaths are way up, which is very much not good. Cases and tests are both down, which suggests that the case drop is due to lack of reporting over the weekend, which is at best neutral. Estimated active cases and hospitalizations are down, which is good. The seven-day averages for cases and hospitalizations are down, but those for percent-positive and deaths are up. All in all, very much a mixed bag of data.
In local vaccination news, Governor Charlie Baker announced today that the state will close four of the mass-vaccination sites in the next couple of months, shifting emphasis to more localized providers:
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I got my shots at the Gillette Stadium site, which (once I was able to get an appointment at all) was very quick and easy; on the other hand, I don't need to rely on mass transit to get places (and Gillette is very transit-unfriendly). I do think the state should have put its emphasis on local providers much sooner in the process (basically, once they'd gotten hospital workers and congregate-living residents), but better late than never.
And one can't really argue with results, given that Massachusetts is currently number two in the nation in terms of the percentage of the population having gotten at least one COVID-19 shot, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
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The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 12 active and 961 cumulative cases as of May 2. 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.
Day-to-day deaths are way up, which is very much not good. Cases and tests are both down, which suggests that the case drop is due to lack of reporting over the weekend, which is at best neutral. Estimated active cases and hospitalizations are down, which is good. The seven-day averages for cases and hospitalizations are down, but those for percent-positive and deaths are up. All in all, very much a mixed bag of data.
In local vaccination news, Governor Charlie Baker announced today that the state will close four of the mass-vaccination sites in the next couple of months, shifting emphasis to more localized providers:
( Read more... )
I got my shots at the Gillette Stadium site, which (once I was able to get an appointment at all) was very quick and easy; on the other hand, I don't need to rely on mass transit to get places (and Gillette is very transit-unfriendly). I do think the state should have put its emphasis on local providers much sooner in the process (basically, once they'd gotten hospital workers and congregate-living residents), but better late than never.
And one can't really argue with results, given that Massachusetts is currently number two in the nation in terms of the percentage of the population having gotten at least one COVID-19 shot, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
( Read more... )
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 12 active and 961 cumulative cases as of May 2. 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.