edschweppe | Not a local COVID-19 update

It's four o'clock on a Friday afternoon, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ... does not have its daily COVID-19 dashboard posted yet. SIgh.

There is a slightly-informative note on the state's COVID-19 Response Reporting page:

Today's data report will be posted as soon as it is available.

Of course, there's no clue as to why the report is late. Last time they supposedly had an issue with Amazon Web Services messing up reporting.

Meanwhile, of course, the big COVID-19 news concerns the big new cluster of COVID-19 cases in the White House, with both the President and his wife Melania testing positive and showing "mild" symptoms:

Both President Donald Trump and Melania Trump are experiencing "mild symptoms" of COVID-19 after revealing early Friday that they tested positive for the coronavirus, an announcement that plunged the US deeper into uncertainty only a month before the presidential election.

The stunning announcement had an immediate ripple effect on Trump’s re-election campaign, which said Friday that all in-person events featuring the president and his family would be postponed, though Vice President Mike Pence will continue campaigning.

Trump, who has spent much of the year downplaying the threat of a virus that has killed more than 205,000 Americans, said he and Mrs. Trump were quarantining. The White House physician said the president was expected to continue carrying out his duties "without disruption" while recovering. A White House official said Friday morning that the president was experiencing mild symptoms but was working from the White House residence.

Also reported as positive are advisor Hope Hicks, Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah, and some number of members of the White House press corps.