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edschweppe) wrote2021-03-02 05:51 pm
edschweppe) wrote2021-03-02 05:51 pm
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Local COVID-19 updates
Today's state dashboard includes the following notice:
As of 5PM today, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is reporting 37 newly reported confirmed deaths (11 more than yesterday - up 42.3%) for a total of 15,859 deaths, 980 newly reported confirmed cases (268 less than yesterday - down 21.5%) for a total of 551,667 cases, and 56,007 newly reported molecular tests (2,168 more than yesterday - up 4.0%). The seven day average positivity rate is 1.82%, compared to 1.77% yesterday. Excluding higher education, the seven day average positivity rate is 3.02%, compared to 2.91% yesterday. The number of estimated active cases was 28,867 (1,619 less than yesterday - down 5.3%). The state also reported 1 newly reported probable death (1 more than yesterday) for a total of 323 and 184 newly reported probable cases (37 more than yesterday - up 25.2%) for a total of 31,177. Combining the confirmed and probable numbers gives 38 new deaths for a total of 16,182 and 1,164 new cases for a total of 582,844. There were 775 COVID-19 patients in hospital (13 less than yesterday - down 1.6%), 187 COVID-19 patients in ICUs (3 more than yesterday - up 1.6%) and 116 COVID-19 patients on ventilators (intubated) (3 less than yesterday - down 2.5%).
Of the four overview trends (formerly the Page 2 "key metrics"), the 7-day average of newly confirmed cases is 1,116.0 (164 less than yesterday - down 12.8%), 610% above the lowest observed value of 157.0 on 7/4/2020 and 83.0% below the highest observed value of 6,242.0 on 1/8/2021. The 7-day weighted average of positive molecular test rate is 1.82% (0 more than yesterday - up 2.6%), 136% above the lowest observed value of 0.8% on 9/21/2020 and 93% below the highest observed value of 27.7% on 4/15/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 patients in hospital is 815.0 (14 less than yesterday - down 1.7%), 425% above the lowest observed value of 155.0 on 8/26/2020 and 79% below the highest observed value of 3,874.0 on 4/27/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 deaths is 35.0 (1 less than yesterday - down 2.8%), 218% above the lowest observed value of 11.0 on 9/9/2020 and 80% below the highest observed value of 175.0 on 4/24/2020.
Statewide, hospitals reported 9,159 non-ICU beds, of which 6,945 (75.8%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 588 (6.4%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 1,626 (17.8%) remained available. Hospitals also reported 1,422 ICU beds, of which 811 (57.0%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 187 (13.2%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 424 (29.8%) remained available. By comparison, hospitals reported yesterday a total of 9,094 non-ICU beds, of which 6,875 (75.6%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 604 (7%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 1,615 (17.8%) remained available. Hospitals also reported yesterday a total of 1,414 ICU beds, of which 828 (58.6%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 184 (13.0%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 402 (28.4%) remained available.
Two weeks ago, the 7 day confirmed case average was 1,343.0, the 7 day confirmed deaths average was 45.0, the 7 day hospitalization average was 1,222.0, and the 7 day weighted average positivity rate was 2.22% (or 3.60% excluding higher education).
The daily raw data file used to create this report is available here.
Day-to-day deaths are up, which is never good; but cases are down while tests are up, which is always good. (And getting below a thousand cases per day again is nice.) Hospital counts are a mixed bag, as are the seven-day averages; on the other hand, those averages are a lot better than a couple of weeks ago.
And, in vaccine news, the first shipments of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine have started arriving at Massachusetts hospitals:
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 16 active and 775 cumulative cases as of March 1. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 5PM on February 26, 2021 reported 766 cumulative cases with 27 individuals in isolation, 707 persons recovered and 32 fatalities.
PLEASE NOTE: Today's dashboard includes an update to the total case numbers. DPH received corrected laboratory reports on approximately 1,500 cases that a lab had reported as positive. Retesting resulted in 863 of those cases being removed from the case counts.
As of 5PM today, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is reporting 37 newly reported confirmed deaths (11 more than yesterday - up 42.3%) for a total of 15,859 deaths, 980 newly reported confirmed cases (268 less than yesterday - down 21.5%) for a total of 551,667 cases, and 56,007 newly reported molecular tests (2,168 more than yesterday - up 4.0%). The seven day average positivity rate is 1.82%, compared to 1.77% yesterday. Excluding higher education, the seven day average positivity rate is 3.02%, compared to 2.91% yesterday. The number of estimated active cases was 28,867 (1,619 less than yesterday - down 5.3%). The state also reported 1 newly reported probable death (1 more than yesterday) for a total of 323 and 184 newly reported probable cases (37 more than yesterday - up 25.2%) for a total of 31,177. Combining the confirmed and probable numbers gives 38 new deaths for a total of 16,182 and 1,164 new cases for a total of 582,844. There were 775 COVID-19 patients in hospital (13 less than yesterday - down 1.6%), 187 COVID-19 patients in ICUs (3 more than yesterday - up 1.6%) and 116 COVID-19 patients on ventilators (intubated) (3 less than yesterday - down 2.5%).
Of the four overview trends (formerly the Page 2 "key metrics"), the 7-day average of newly confirmed cases is 1,116.0 (164 less than yesterday - down 12.8%), 610% above the lowest observed value of 157.0 on 7/4/2020 and 83.0% below the highest observed value of 6,242.0 on 1/8/2021. The 7-day weighted average of positive molecular test rate is 1.82% (0 more than yesterday - up 2.6%), 136% above the lowest observed value of 0.8% on 9/21/2020 and 93% below the highest observed value of 27.7% on 4/15/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 patients in hospital is 815.0 (14 less than yesterday - down 1.7%), 425% above the lowest observed value of 155.0 on 8/26/2020 and 79% below the highest observed value of 3,874.0 on 4/27/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 deaths is 35.0 (1 less than yesterday - down 2.8%), 218% above the lowest observed value of 11.0 on 9/9/2020 and 80% below the highest observed value of 175.0 on 4/24/2020.
Statewide, hospitals reported 9,159 non-ICU beds, of which 6,945 (75.8%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 588 (6.4%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 1,626 (17.8%) remained available. Hospitals also reported 1,422 ICU beds, of which 811 (57.0%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 187 (13.2%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 424 (29.8%) remained available. By comparison, hospitals reported yesterday a total of 9,094 non-ICU beds, of which 6,875 (75.6%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 604 (7%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 1,615 (17.8%) remained available. Hospitals also reported yesterday a total of 1,414 ICU beds, of which 828 (58.6%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 184 (13.0%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 402 (28.4%) remained available.
Two weeks ago, the 7 day confirmed case average was 1,343.0, the 7 day confirmed deaths average was 45.0, the 7 day hospitalization average was 1,222.0, and the 7 day weighted average positivity rate was 2.22% (or 3.60% excluding higher education).
The daily raw data file used to create this report is available here.
Day-to-day deaths are up, which is never good; but cases are down while tests are up, which is always good. (And getting below a thousand cases per day again is nice.) Hospital counts are a mixed bag, as are the seven-day averages; on the other hand, those averages are a lot better than a couple of weeks ago.
And, in vaccine news, the first shipments of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine have started arriving at Massachusetts hospitals:
Tufts Medical Center on Tuesday celebrated the arrival of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the downtown Boston hospital, the third COVID-19 vaccine now available in the United States.
The hospital, which was one of the first in Greater Boston to get shipments of the two-shot COVID vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, posted a photo on Twitter Tuesday showing boxes of the new vaccine, known by the trade name of Janssen. The hospital received 2,000 doses.
Hospital spokesman Jeremy Lechan wrote in an e-mail that the hospital will use the new vaccine on Thursday with patients who have already set up appointments for the lifesaving doses.
"We are now planning to start administering the J&J vaccine on Thursday at our COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel at 279 Tremont St.," Lechan wrote in an e-mail Tuesday.
Other hospitals in the area are also getting the vaccine.
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CVS Pharmacies across the United States will receive 200,000 doses of the vaccine, Joe Goode senior director of corporate communications, wrote in an e-mail. The doses will be administered beginning Friday in the 17 states where CVS administers vaccines. Massachusetts is among those states.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 16 active and 775 cumulative cases as of March 1. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 5PM on February 26, 2021 reported 766 cumulative cases with 27 individuals in isolation, 707 persons recovered and 32 fatalities.