Local COVID-19 updates

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Rather less than great news in today's Massachusetts numbers, as both confirmed and probable deaths more than doubled compared to last week. Confirmed and probable cases actually rose again even as tests continued to decay away; the seven-day percent-positive rate is up to 3.46%. The only good news is the (slight) decline in patients currently hospitalized for COVID. Reported wastewater levels at the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority are a mixed bag, with northside levels down thirteen percent from last week but southside levels jumping to over double last week's numbers. These numbers don't look too bad in absolute terms, but the trends aren't good.

Long COVID odds "only" one in ten with Omicron?

The Associated Press reports that about ten percent of folks with an Omicron-variant coronavirus infection develop long COVID, according to early data from the NIH RECOVER study:
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I suppose the good news is that one in ten is a lot less than one in three. But those are still terrible odds.