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Local COVID-19 updates
Dec. 1st, 2022 05:50 pmBoth Massachusetts and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are back on their normal Thursday reporting cycle. Last Thursday was, of course, the Thanksgiving Day holiday; Massachusetts chose to publish on Wednesday and the CDC chose to wait until Friday. So week-to-week comparisons are particularly fraught.
( Wall-o-text, covering 7 days of data - or is it really 8? )
Statewide, newly confirmed deaths were actually down by one this week compared to last; cases, on the other hand, were up sharply while tests were down. Hospitalizations are also up sharply (15.7% higher than last week), and the state as a whole is down to less than five percent of non-ICU beds being available (409 of 8,899). All four of the seven-day averages are up compared to what was reported last week, which is not a good trend. Rising hospitalizations are also driving the CDC's "Community Level" ratings; most of the state is now at the Medium level again, despite the Community Transmission levels being mostly at the Substantial level. Oh, and the latest graphs of viral levels in the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority wastewater are showing very noticeable spikes in the last couple of days.
Alas, there's no sign of anyone in either the current (Baker) or incoming (Healy) administrations even noticing these changes, let alone giving a rat's ass.
( Wall-o-text, covering 7 days of data - or is it really 8? )
Statewide, newly confirmed deaths were actually down by one this week compared to last; cases, on the other hand, were up sharply while tests were down. Hospitalizations are also up sharply (15.7% higher than last week), and the state as a whole is down to less than five percent of non-ICU beds being available (409 of 8,899). All four of the seven-day averages are up compared to what was reported last week, which is not a good trend. Rising hospitalizations are also driving the CDC's "Community Level" ratings; most of the state is now at the Medium level again, despite the Community Transmission levels being mostly at the Substantial level. Oh, and the latest graphs of viral levels in the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority wastewater are showing very noticeable spikes in the last couple of days.
Alas, there's no sign of anyone in either the current (Baker) or incoming (Healy) administrations even noticing these changes, let alone giving a rat's ass.