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Local COVID-19 updates
Apr. 28th, 2022 05:41 pm( Wall-o-text, with percent-positive back over five )
No good news today, alas. Deaths up, cases up, hospitalizations up. Today's 3,341 newly reported confirmed cases are the highest single-day report since 4,195 cases were reported on February 4. Today's 431 hospitalizations are the highest that number has been reported since February 28. In case that's not gloomy enough, all four seven-day averages are up, with the average for hospitalizations over four hundred for the first time since March 4 and percent-positive over five percent (at 5.04%) for the first time since February 4. The state's city/town data also is depressing, with 137 commmunities in the highest-risk category (up from 77 last week), including the city of Boston, my own town of Acton, and most of the towns surrounding mine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated their "COVID Community Level" numbers as well today; half the counties in Massachusetts now are at Medium level, including my county of Middlesex. The CDC is reporting that our "Health Service Area" is running right at an average of eight daily new COVID admissions per 100k population; if that climbs over ten, we jump to High level, where the CDC actually recommends indoor mask wearing again.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 31 active and 3,049 cumulative cases as of April 27. In 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.
No good news today, alas. Deaths up, cases up, hospitalizations up. Today's 3,341 newly reported confirmed cases are the highest single-day report since 4,195 cases were reported on February 4. Today's 431 hospitalizations are the highest that number has been reported since February 28. In case that's not gloomy enough, all four seven-day averages are up, with the average for hospitalizations over four hundred for the first time since March 4 and percent-positive over five percent (at 5.04%) for the first time since February 4. The state's city/town data also is depressing, with 137 commmunities in the highest-risk category (up from 77 last week), including the city of Boston, my own town of Acton, and most of the towns surrounding mine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated their "COVID Community Level" numbers as well today; half the counties in Massachusetts now are at Medium level, including my county of Middlesex. The CDC is reporting that our "Health Service Area" is running right at an average of eight daily new COVID admissions per 100k population; if that climbs over ten, we jump to High level, where the CDC actually recommends indoor mask wearing again.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 31 active and 3,049 cumulative cases as of April 27. In 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.