Local COVID-19 updates
Apr. 9th, 2020 10:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edschweppeAs of 4PM this afternoon, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is reporting seventy more deaths from COVID-19 (for a total of 503 to date), 2151 new cases (for a total of 18941) and 7447 more persons tested (for a total of 94958). The demographic data reported by the state (breaking down cases and deaths by race/ethnicity) continues to report two-thirds of all cases and deaths as being of unknown or unreported race, despite a new order from the Commissioner of Public Health requiring that health care providers "shall make every reasonable effort" to collect such information for all confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infections and report the same to the state. (Full order here.)
As of 8PM this evening, the town of Acton is reporting a total of 26 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in town (up from 24 yesterday).
This evening, my church held a virtual Maundy Thursday service via the Zoom videoconferencing platform. Usually, we do a communion service using the silver from the old South Acton Universalist Church (which merged with the Stow church many years ago). In this year of the coronavirus, we could not physically gather together to share the bread and wine. Instead we gathered in spirit (and over TCP/IP).
As of 8PM this evening, the town of Acton is reporting a total of 26 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in town (up from 24 yesterday).
This evening, my church held a virtual Maundy Thursday service via the Zoom videoconferencing platform. Usually, we do a communion service using the silver from the old South Acton Universalist Church (which merged with the Stow church many years ago). In this year of the coronavirus, we could not physically gather together to share the bread and wine. Instead we gathered in spirit (and over TCP/IP).