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Local COVID-19 updates
May. 6th, 2022 05:32 pm( Wall-o-text )
Day-to-day deaths way up, cases down a bit (but still way too damn high, and the worst Friday report since February 4), and hospitalizations up again. All four seven-day averages are also up, with percent-positive up to 6.63%.
When I posted yesterday's report, I noted that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hadn't yet updated their COVID Data Tracker to show the latest Community Level results. They did get that update out later last night, and this afternoon the Boston Globe (at least) finally noticed:
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Alas, the state still doesn't actually plan to, you know, do anything just yet. I could have sworn the whole point behind the CDC Community Level was to predict hospitals being overwhelmed far enough in advance for governments to take action proactively. Perhaps I was mistaken.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 49 active and 3,142 cumulative cases as of May 5. 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.
Day-to-day deaths way up, cases down a bit (but still way too damn high, and the worst Friday report since February 4), and hospitalizations up again. All four seven-day averages are also up, with percent-positive up to 6.63%.
When I posted yesterday's report, I noted that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hadn't yet updated their COVID Data Tracker to show the latest Community Level results. They did get that update out later last night, and this afternoon the Boston Globe (at least) finally noticed:
( Read more... )
Alas, the state still doesn't actually plan to, you know, do anything just yet. I could have sworn the whole point behind the CDC Community Level was to predict hospitals being overwhelmed far enough in advance for governments to take action proactively. Perhaps I was mistaken.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 49 active and 3,142 cumulative cases as of May 5. 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.