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Local COVID-19 updates
Jun. 24th, 2021 05:33 pm( Wall-o-text - no yellows or reds for the third week running )
The day-to-day changes are mixed, with confirmed deaths down but confirmed cases up. The estimated active case count is once again down, while the various hospitalization counts are mixed (total up, ICU down, intubations constant). The seven-day averages are either holding constant (deaths and cases) or dropping (percent-positive and hospitalizations), and in all cases are at the Lowest Observed Values.
For the third week running, the city/town data showed no communities in either the yellow (moderate-risk) or red (high-risk) categories. Four more towns shifted from green to grey, meaning the total number of cases over the previous two weeks dropped below ten (or fifteen, for larger cities). My own town of Acton has had no new cases in the last two weeks, per today's state data - and none in the last three, based on the town's dashboard below.
Overall, great news, right? It's all over bar the shouting? Not really; even in Massachusetts, there are still folks dying of COVID every day:
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The vaccines are clearly working wonders. But folks who aren't vaccinated - which, don't forget, includes kids under 12, for whom there isn't yet an approved vaccine - are still terribly vulnerable.
If you can, get your shots. Right now, it's as simple as that.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing zero active and 981 cumulative cases as of June 23. 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.
The day-to-day changes are mixed, with confirmed deaths down but confirmed cases up. The estimated active case count is once again down, while the various hospitalization counts are mixed (total up, ICU down, intubations constant). The seven-day averages are either holding constant (deaths and cases) or dropping (percent-positive and hospitalizations), and in all cases are at the Lowest Observed Values.
For the third week running, the city/town data showed no communities in either the yellow (moderate-risk) or red (high-risk) categories. Four more towns shifted from green to grey, meaning the total number of cases over the previous two weeks dropped below ten (or fifteen, for larger cities). My own town of Acton has had no new cases in the last two weeks, per today's state data - and none in the last three, based on the town's dashboard below.
Overall, great news, right? It's all over bar the shouting? Not really; even in Massachusetts, there are still folks dying of COVID every day:
( Read more... )
The vaccines are clearly working wonders. But folks who aren't vaccinated - which, don't forget, includes kids under 12, for whom there isn't yet an approved vaccine - are still terribly vulnerable.
If you can, get your shots. Right now, it's as simple as that.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing zero active and 981 cumulative cases as of June 23. 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.