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Local (and not-so-local) COVID-19 updates
Oct. 14th, 2021 06:09 pm( Wall-o-text )
Day-over-day news is mixed; deaths are down (yay!) but cases are up (oh-oh) as are hospitalizations and three of the four seven-day averages (cases, deaths and percent-positive; only the hospitalizations average dropped). The weekly city/town numbers are a bit more encouraging, as ten fewer communities would be in the highest-risk "red" category if the state was still publishing those ratings. My own town of Acton is still firmly in the yellow zone, but is getting somewhat better.
In vaccination news, those of us with the Moderna vaccine in our arms are one step closer to approved booster shots:
( Read more... )
I'm in House Moderna, also known as the Dolly Parton Special; if/when I'm eligible for a booster, I'll likely get it.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 11 active and 1,166 cumulative cases as of October 13. 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.
Day-over-day news is mixed; deaths are down (yay!) but cases are up (oh-oh) as are hospitalizations and three of the four seven-day averages (cases, deaths and percent-positive; only the hospitalizations average dropped). The weekly city/town numbers are a bit more encouraging, as ten fewer communities would be in the highest-risk "red" category if the state was still publishing those ratings. My own town of Acton is still firmly in the yellow zone, but is getting somewhat better.
In vaccination news, those of us with the Moderna vaccine in our arms are one step closer to approved booster shots:
( Read more... )
I'm in House Moderna, also known as the Dolly Parton Special; if/when I'm eligible for a booster, I'll likely get it.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 11 active and 1,166 cumulative cases as of October 13. 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.