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Local COVID-19 updates
Jan. 4th, 2022 05:39 pm( Wall-o-text, and we're up to 21.62% percent-positive )
Welp. 94 newly reported deaths, which covers three days of data, two of which are the New Year's weekend. I'm pretty sure I can't draw much in the way of authoritative conclusions from a daily average of 31.3 deaths (compared to yesterday's 39 reported), except to be sort of glad that the number went down? Certainly, thirty-plus deaths a day is a lot higher than I'd like. Cases are down in raw numbers (because yesterday's report covered three days of cases), way up compared to the average of the past three days, and way too damn high no matter what; on the other hand, today's 16,621 cases are at least not a new single-day record. In worse news, hospitalizations are up once again; today's 2,372 reported patients is the highest that has been since 2,386 patients were reported on January 6, 2021. In even worse news, three of the four seven-day averages are up again as well, with the average for percent-positive breaking the twenty-percent barrier to 21.62% (which means the state is badly undercounting new cases).
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 88 active and 1,795 cumulative cases as of January 3; the 88 active cases are half the 176 cases reported for December 30, 2021, which is certainly good news. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 7PM on December 21, 2021, the town reported 1538 cumulative cases with 89 individuals in isolation, 1417 recovered and 32 fatalities.
Welp. 94 newly reported deaths, which covers three days of data, two of which are the New Year's weekend. I'm pretty sure I can't draw much in the way of authoritative conclusions from a daily average of 31.3 deaths (compared to yesterday's 39 reported), except to be sort of glad that the number went down? Certainly, thirty-plus deaths a day is a lot higher than I'd like. Cases are down in raw numbers (because yesterday's report covered three days of cases), way up compared to the average of the past three days, and way too damn high no matter what; on the other hand, today's 16,621 cases are at least not a new single-day record. In worse news, hospitalizations are up once again; today's 2,372 reported patients is the highest that has been since 2,386 patients were reported on January 6, 2021. In even worse news, three of the four seven-day averages are up again as well, with the average for percent-positive breaking the twenty-percent barrier to 21.62% (which means the state is badly undercounting new cases).
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 88 active and 1,795 cumulative cases as of January 3; the 88 active cases are half the 176 cases reported for December 30, 2021, which is certainly good news. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 7PM on December 21, 2021, the town reported 1538 cumulative cases with 89 individuals in isolation, 1417 recovered and 32 fatalities.