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Local COVID-19 updates
Jun. 22nd, 2021 05:58 pm( Wall-o-text )
Mostly good news day-to-day, with newly reported deaths and cases both down, as well as estimated active cases; hospitalizations did tick up slightly. Also ticking up slightly is the seven-day average percent-positive rate; nonetheless, at 0.34%, that value is just barely above the Lowest Observed Value (which occurred yesterday). The other three seven-day averages all set or tied new Lowest Observed Values marks.
Massachusetts today has officially reached its goal of giving 4.1 million residents a full series of COVID-19 vaccinations:
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Definitely worthy of celebration. However, there are some caveats. Some number of those 4.1 million people got that final shot within the last two weeks, and thus haven't reached the point of "full" vaccination. Further, the state still has nearly three million residents who aren't fully vaccinated. Many of them are kids for whom there is not yet any approved vaccine; however, many others are people who, for whatever reason, either haven't seen fit or haven't had the resources needed (child care, transport, time off, etc.) to go get their shots.
Oh, and there's still that Delta variant running amok.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing zero active and 981 cumulative cases as of June 21. There have been no new cases shown on this dashboard since June 2. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 11:45AM on May 28, 2021 reported 978 cumulative cases with 3 individuals in isolation, 943 persons recovered and 32 fatalities.
Mostly good news day-to-day, with newly reported deaths and cases both down, as well as estimated active cases; hospitalizations did tick up slightly. Also ticking up slightly is the seven-day average percent-positive rate; nonetheless, at 0.34%, that value is just barely above the Lowest Observed Value (which occurred yesterday). The other three seven-day averages all set or tied new Lowest Observed Values marks.
Massachusetts today has officially reached its goal of giving 4.1 million residents a full series of COVID-19 vaccinations:
( Read more... )
Definitely worthy of celebration. However, there are some caveats. Some number of those 4.1 million people got that final shot within the last two weeks, and thus haven't reached the point of "full" vaccination. Further, the state still has nearly three million residents who aren't fully vaccinated. Many of them are kids for whom there is not yet any approved vaccine; however, many others are people who, for whatever reason, either haven't seen fit or haven't had the resources needed (child care, transport, time off, etc.) to go get their shots.
Oh, and there's still that Delta variant running amok.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing zero active and 981 cumulative cases as of June 21. There have been no new cases shown on this dashboard since June 2. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 11:45AM on May 28, 2021 reported 978 cumulative cases with 3 individuals in isolation, 943 persons recovered and 32 fatalities.