![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Local COVID-19 updates
Jan. 5th, 2022 06:03 pmAnother grim milestone today, as Massachusetts passes twenty thousand confirmed COVID-19 deaths.
( Wall-o-text, breaking the 20k death mark and 22% positivity )
I was really hoping we wouldn't hit the 20k death figure until tomorrow, but such was not to be. Today, the state reported 54 confirmed deaths, which is admittedly fewer than yesterday's count of 94; however, that count covered Saturday through Monday deaths, and today's mark is significantly higher than the 31.3 average over those three days. The case count continues to skyrocket upward; today's 27,612 newly confirmed cases once again sets the record for the highest single-day case count in the history of the pandemic. Hospitalizations also continued to climb steadily (although not as fast as cases), with today's 2,426 patient census being the highest reported since the 2,428 reported on January 5, 2021, exactly one year ago. That was the peak of hospitalizations from last year's winter surge; alas, there's no sign that we're anywhere near the peak of this surge. All four seven-day averages are also up, with another new highest observed value set for the cases average and the percent-positive average now at 22.06%.
These case and percent-positive numbers are horrible; the hospitalization and death counts are merely bad. Looking at the latest virus counts in the sewage treated by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, things are only going to get far worse:
( Read more, and weep )
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 112 active and 1,845 cumulative cases as of January 4. 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.
( Wall-o-text, breaking the 20k death mark and 22% positivity )
I was really hoping we wouldn't hit the 20k death figure until tomorrow, but such was not to be. Today, the state reported 54 confirmed deaths, which is admittedly fewer than yesterday's count of 94; however, that count covered Saturday through Monday deaths, and today's mark is significantly higher than the 31.3 average over those three days. The case count continues to skyrocket upward; today's 27,612 newly confirmed cases once again sets the record for the highest single-day case count in the history of the pandemic. Hospitalizations also continued to climb steadily (although not as fast as cases), with today's 2,426 patient census being the highest reported since the 2,428 reported on January 5, 2021, exactly one year ago. That was the peak of hospitalizations from last year's winter surge; alas, there's no sign that we're anywhere near the peak of this surge. All four seven-day averages are also up, with another new highest observed value set for the cases average and the percent-positive average now at 22.06%.
These case and percent-positive numbers are horrible; the hospitalization and death counts are merely bad. Looking at the latest virus counts in the sewage treated by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, things are only going to get far worse:
( Read more, and weep )
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 112 active and 1,845 cumulative cases as of January 4. 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.