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Local (and not-so-local) COVID-19 updates
Dec. 8th, 2021 06:10 pm( Wall-o-text )
Yuck. Newly reported deaths are down a bunch, which is good. However, newly reported cases are up over five thousand, which stinks under any circumstances and stinks worse for a single-day report; today's 5,403 newly reported cases are the highest single-day amount since the 5,657 reported on January 16. Hospitalizations are also up again, now over twelve hundred; today's patient count of 1,204 is the highest since 1,223 were reported on February 12. The seven-day positivity average is up as well, at nearly five percent.
So far, over forty cases of the new Omicron variant have been confirmed in the US, mostly in persons already vaccinated; the good news is that the cases have so far been mild:
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I am not happy to hear that most of the cases are showing up in folks who are already vaccinated, nor am I happy that most of the US cases aren't associated with overseas travel. On the other hand, if catching the Omicron variant turns into more of an annoyance than a death threat, that'd be great news.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 54 active and 1,406 cumulative cases as of December 7. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 1PM on November 22, 2021 reported 1304 cumulative cases with 54 individuals in isolation, 1218 persons recovered and 32 fatalities.
Yuck. Newly reported deaths are down a bunch, which is good. However, newly reported cases are up over five thousand, which stinks under any circumstances and stinks worse for a single-day report; today's 5,403 newly reported cases are the highest single-day amount since the 5,657 reported on January 16. Hospitalizations are also up again, now over twelve hundred; today's patient count of 1,204 is the highest since 1,223 were reported on February 12. The seven-day positivity average is up as well, at nearly five percent.
So far, over forty cases of the new Omicron variant have been confirmed in the US, mostly in persons already vaccinated; the good news is that the cases have so far been mild:
( Read more... )
I am not happy to hear that most of the cases are showing up in folks who are already vaccinated, nor am I happy that most of the US cases aren't associated with overseas travel. On the other hand, if catching the Omicron variant turns into more of an annoyance than a death threat, that'd be great news.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 54 active and 1,406 cumulative cases as of December 7. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 1PM on November 22, 2021 reported 1304 cumulative cases with 54 individuals in isolation, 1218 persons recovered and 32 fatalities.