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Local COVID-19 updates
Oct. 12th, 2021 05:51 pmIt's the Tuesday after a long weekend, which means we get the first statewide COVID report since Friday. How screwed up is the data?
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Well, things could certainly be worse. Averaged out over the four days (Friday through Monday) covered by today's data, deaths and cases were both down substantially. Hospitalizations are also down, as are the seven-day averages for deaths, cases and hospitalizations; the seven-day average for percent-positive is up, but is still well below two percent. All that being said, though, every county in the state (except Nantucket) has either "high" or "substantial" community transmission per the latest CDC data, and that's way too damn much for my taste. Besides, weekends have tended to underreport deaths (in particular).
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 12 active and 1,162 cumulative cases as of October 11. 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.
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Well, things could certainly be worse. Averaged out over the four days (Friday through Monday) covered by today's data, deaths and cases were both down substantially. Hospitalizations are also down, as are the seven-day averages for deaths, cases and hospitalizations; the seven-day average for percent-positive is up, but is still well below two percent. All that being said, though, every county in the state (except Nantucket) has either "high" or "substantial" community transmission per the latest CDC data, and that's way too damn much for my taste. Besides, weekends have tended to underreport deaths (in particular).
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 12 active and 1,162 cumulative cases as of October 11. 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.