Local COVID-19 updates
Nov. 5th, 2020 05:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edschweppeAnother manual update today; coding continues on the new extraction and trend calculation code.
As of 5PM today, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is reporting 23 newly reported confirmed deaths (4 fewer than yesterday), 1,761 newly reported confirmed cases (132 more than yesterday), 498 confirmed COVID-19 patients in hospital (4 fewer than yesterday) and 115 confirmed COVID-19 patients in ICU (6 more than yesterday). There are a total of 18,279 estimated active cases (1,274 more than yesterday). The seven-day average test positivity rate is 1.91% (0.05 percentage points more than yesterday).
Today being Thursday, the state also released its Weekly COVID - 19 Public Health Report - but today being today, the town-by-town information that I look at isn't being published today. The state notes the following:
The daily numbers are depressing enough for one day. Deaths and hospitalized patients down, so yay; but cases way up, ICU patients up (!), and a climbing test positivity rate. I believe that's the highest new-case count since May 3, well before the whole reopening arglebargle commenced, when the count was 1,824 new cases.
The town of Acton has yet to post an update today, but did post one last night. As of the most recent report at 8:30PM on November 4, the town of Acton reported 240 cumulative cases of COVID-19 in town with 16 individuals in isolation, 203 recovered and 21 fatalities; that's seven more cases, five more individuals in isolation, and two more persons recovered compared to the previous report on October 28. (The town's text description still says 233 cases, but the accompanying graph shows 240, so that's the number I'm reporting.) Good to continue to see no more deaths in town; long may that continue.
As of 5PM today, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is reporting 23 newly reported confirmed deaths (4 fewer than yesterday), 1,761 newly reported confirmed cases (132 more than yesterday), 498 confirmed COVID-19 patients in hospital (4 fewer than yesterday) and 115 confirmed COVID-19 patients in ICU (6 more than yesterday). There are a total of 18,279 estimated active cases (1,274 more than yesterday). The seven-day average test positivity rate is 1.91% (0.05 percentage points more than yesterday).
Today being Thursday, the state also released its Weekly COVID - 19 Public Health Report - but today being today, the town-by-town information that I look at isn't being published today. The state notes the following:
PLEASE NOTE: The COVID-19 Weekly Public Health Report published today (Thursday, November 5) does not include the town by town information, including the weekly listing of city and town risk levels. We will publish updated data on Friday, November 6.No explanation as to why.
The daily numbers are depressing enough for one day. Deaths and hospitalized patients down, so yay; but cases way up, ICU patients up (!), and a climbing test positivity rate. I believe that's the highest new-case count since May 3, well before the whole reopening arglebargle commenced, when the count was 1,824 new cases.
The town of Acton has yet to post an update today, but did post one last night. As of the most recent report at 8:30PM on November 4, the town of Acton reported 240 cumulative cases of COVID-19 in town with 16 individuals in isolation, 203 recovered and 21 fatalities; that's seven more cases, five more individuals in isolation, and two more persons recovered compared to the previous report on October 28. (The town's text description still says 233 cases, but the accompanying graph shows 240, so that's the number I'm reporting.) Good to continue to see no more deaths in town; long may that continue.