Local COVID-19 updates
Sep. 9th, 2021 05:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edschweppeAs of 5PM today, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is reporting 18 newly reported confirmed deaths (3 more than yesterday - up 20.0%) for a total of 17,954 deaths, 2,096 newly reported confirmed cases (734 more than yesterday - up 53.9%) for a total of 723,633 cases, and 84,745 newly reported molecular tests (26,790 more than yesterday - up 46.2%).The seven day average positivity rate is 2.48%, compared to 2.38% yesterday. Excluding higher education, the seven day average positivity rate is 4.16%; that rate was not reported yesterday. The state also reported zero newly reported probable deaths (1 less than yesterday) for a total of 378 and 311 newly reported probable cases (198 more than yesterday - up 175.2%) for a total of 51,516. Combining the confirmed and probable numbers gives 18 new deaths for a total of 18,332 and 2,407 new cases for a total of 775,149. There were 622 COVID-19 patients in hospital (same as yesterday), 166 COVID-19 patients in ICUs (1 less than yesterday - down 0.6%) and 93 COVID-19 patients on ventilators (intubated) (same as yesterday).
Of the four overview trends (formerly the Page 2 "key metrics"), the 7-day average of newly confirmed cases is 1,142.0 (66 more than yesterday - up 6.1%), 1,684% above the lowest observed value of 64.0 on 6/25/2021 and 82.0% below the highest observed value of 6,232.0 on 1/8/2021. The 7-day weighted average of positive molecular test rate is 2.48% (0 more than yesterday - up 4.3%), 706% above the lowest observed value of 0.3% on 6/25/2021 and 91% below the highest observed value of 27.7% on 4/15/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 patients in hospital is 596.0 (same as yesterday), 601% above the lowest observed value of 85.0 on 7/9/2021 and 85% below the highest observed value of 3,874.0 on 4/27/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 deaths is 7.0 (same as yesterday), 600% above the lowest observed value of 1.0 on 7/12/2021 and 96% below the highest observed value of 175.0 on 4/24/2020.
Statewide, hospitals reported 8,903 non-ICU beds, of which 7,644 (85.9%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 456 (5.1%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 803 (9.0%) remained available. Hospitals also reported 1,313 ICU beds, of which 871 (66.3%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 166 (12.6%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 276 (21.0%) remained available. By comparison, hospitals reported yesterday a total of 8,841 non-ICU beds, of which 7,281 (82.4%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 455 (5%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 1,105 (12.5%) remained available. Hospitals also reported yesterday a total of 1,294 ICU beds, of which 832 (64.3%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 167 (12.9%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 295 (22.8%) remained available.
Two weeks ago, the 7 day confirmed case average was 991.0, the 7 day confirmed deaths average was 5.0, the 7 day hospitalization average was 521.0, and the 7 day weighted average positivity rate was 2.68% (or 3.50% excluding higher education).
Today being Thursday, the state also included city/town specific information in the daily download. My town of Acton is listed as having 1,047 total cases, with a two-week case count of 36 cases, a daily incidence rate of 10.8 which is higher than last week, with a corresponding risk color code of yellow (if the state was still reporting color codes). Acton is also listed as having 58,365 total tests, with a two-week total test count of 2,197 and a two-week positive test count of 38, for a percent-positive rate of 1.73 which is higher than last week. The corresponding statewide figures are 721,537 total cases, with a two-week case count of 20,602 cases, a daily incidence rate of 21.1 which is higher than last week. Massachusetts is also listed as having 26,727,247 total tests, with a two-week total test count of 934,920 and a two-week positive test count of 23,486, for a percent-positive rate of 2.51 which is lower than last week.
As of July 1, 2021, the state is no longer reporting risk color codes. However, if it was, of the 351 cites and towns in the Commonwealth, 99 would be coded gray (compared to 105 last week), 33 would be coded green (compared to 34 last week), and 169 would be coded yellow (compared to 167 last week). The remaining 50 towns would be coded red (compared to 45 last week): Acushnet, Adams, Agawam, Ayer, Berkley, Carver, Charlton, Chicopee, Dartmouth, Douglas, Dudley, East Bridgewater, Edgartown, Fall River, Freetown, Gardner, Great Barrington, Halifax, Hampden, Hanson, Holyoke, Lakeville, Lawrence, Littleton, Lunenburg, Methuen, Monson, New Bedford, North Brookfield, Oxford, Palmer, Peabody, Revere, Sandwich, Saugus, Somerset, Springfield, Sterling, Sturbridge, Templeton, Tisbury, Wareham, West Boylston, West Bridgewater, West Springfield, Westminster, Westport, Whitman, Wilmington, and Winchendon.
19 cities/towns would be newly coded red this week (Acushnet, Charlton, Dartmouth, Douglas, East Bridgewater, Gardner, Great Barrington, Hampden, Holyoke, North Brookfield, Oxford, Peabody, Sandwich, Somerset, Sturbridge, Templeton, West Boylston, West Springfield, and Whitman) and 14 cities/towns would no longer be coded red this week (Dalton, East Longmeadow, Haverhill, Hull, Ludlow, Nantucket, North Reading, Oak Bluffs, Rehoboth, Southwick, Taunton, Tyngsborough, Warren, and Westfield).
Of the 10 towns near my church, 2 are coded gray (Berlin, and Boxborough), one is coded green (Stow), 7 are coded yellow (Acton, Bolton, Harvard, Hudson, Marlborough, Maynard, and Sudbury), and none are coded red.
The daily raw data file used to create this report is available here.
This is ... fucking awful. No two ways around it. Day-over-day deaths are up and day-over-day cases are way, way up. Today's 18 newly reported deaths are the highest single-day total since May 17. Today's 2,096 newly reported cases are the first time that number has been over two thousand for a single day's report since April 14, and is the highest single-day total since April 10. Hospitalizations held steady, as did the seven-day averages for deaths and hospitalizations; however, the averages for cases and percent-positive are both up. Meanwhile, the number of cities and towns that would qualify for the state's highest risk category (assuming, of course, that Governor Charlie Baker gave a rat's ass) is up yet again, to fifty.
At the moment, the folks at Covid Act Now are showing both Middlesex County and Massachusetts statewide as being in their "high" risk level, which is actually doing well compared with most of the nation (which is either bright red "very high" or bleeding red "severe"). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are showing Middlesex County as having "high" community transmission (again, like most of the nation).
As I'm typing, President Biden is announcing new vaccination requirements. More on those later. Oh, if only Governor Baker was equally willing to get off his butt and take any sort of action.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 28 active and 1,086 cumulative cases as of September 8. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 11:45AM on May 28, 2021 reported 978 cumulative cases with 3 individuals in isolation, 943 persons recovered and 32 fatalities.
Of the four overview trends (formerly the Page 2 "key metrics"), the 7-day average of newly confirmed cases is 1,142.0 (66 more than yesterday - up 6.1%), 1,684% above the lowest observed value of 64.0 on 6/25/2021 and 82.0% below the highest observed value of 6,232.0 on 1/8/2021. The 7-day weighted average of positive molecular test rate is 2.48% (0 more than yesterday - up 4.3%), 706% above the lowest observed value of 0.3% on 6/25/2021 and 91% below the highest observed value of 27.7% on 4/15/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 patients in hospital is 596.0 (same as yesterday), 601% above the lowest observed value of 85.0 on 7/9/2021 and 85% below the highest observed value of 3,874.0 on 4/27/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 deaths is 7.0 (same as yesterday), 600% above the lowest observed value of 1.0 on 7/12/2021 and 96% below the highest observed value of 175.0 on 4/24/2020.
Statewide, hospitals reported 8,903 non-ICU beds, of which 7,644 (85.9%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 456 (5.1%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 803 (9.0%) remained available. Hospitals also reported 1,313 ICU beds, of which 871 (66.3%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 166 (12.6%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 276 (21.0%) remained available. By comparison, hospitals reported yesterday a total of 8,841 non-ICU beds, of which 7,281 (82.4%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 455 (5%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 1,105 (12.5%) remained available. Hospitals also reported yesterday a total of 1,294 ICU beds, of which 832 (64.3%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 167 (12.9%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 295 (22.8%) remained available.
Two weeks ago, the 7 day confirmed case average was 991.0, the 7 day confirmed deaths average was 5.0, the 7 day hospitalization average was 521.0, and the 7 day weighted average positivity rate was 2.68% (or 3.50% excluding higher education).
Today being Thursday, the state also included city/town specific information in the daily download. My town of Acton is listed as having 1,047 total cases, with a two-week case count of 36 cases, a daily incidence rate of 10.8 which is higher than last week, with a corresponding risk color code of yellow (if the state was still reporting color codes). Acton is also listed as having 58,365 total tests, with a two-week total test count of 2,197 and a two-week positive test count of 38, for a percent-positive rate of 1.73 which is higher than last week. The corresponding statewide figures are 721,537 total cases, with a two-week case count of 20,602 cases, a daily incidence rate of 21.1 which is higher than last week. Massachusetts is also listed as having 26,727,247 total tests, with a two-week total test count of 934,920 and a two-week positive test count of 23,486, for a percent-positive rate of 2.51 which is lower than last week.
As of July 1, 2021, the state is no longer reporting risk color codes. However, if it was, of the 351 cites and towns in the Commonwealth, 99 would be coded gray (compared to 105 last week), 33 would be coded green (compared to 34 last week), and 169 would be coded yellow (compared to 167 last week). The remaining 50 towns would be coded red (compared to 45 last week): Acushnet, Adams, Agawam, Ayer, Berkley, Carver, Charlton, Chicopee, Dartmouth, Douglas, Dudley, East Bridgewater, Edgartown, Fall River, Freetown, Gardner, Great Barrington, Halifax, Hampden, Hanson, Holyoke, Lakeville, Lawrence, Littleton, Lunenburg, Methuen, Monson, New Bedford, North Brookfield, Oxford, Palmer, Peabody, Revere, Sandwich, Saugus, Somerset, Springfield, Sterling, Sturbridge, Templeton, Tisbury, Wareham, West Boylston, West Bridgewater, West Springfield, Westminster, Westport, Whitman, Wilmington, and Winchendon.
19 cities/towns would be newly coded red this week (Acushnet, Charlton, Dartmouth, Douglas, East Bridgewater, Gardner, Great Barrington, Hampden, Holyoke, North Brookfield, Oxford, Peabody, Sandwich, Somerset, Sturbridge, Templeton, West Boylston, West Springfield, and Whitman) and 14 cities/towns would no longer be coded red this week (Dalton, East Longmeadow, Haverhill, Hull, Ludlow, Nantucket, North Reading, Oak Bluffs, Rehoboth, Southwick, Taunton, Tyngsborough, Warren, and Westfield).
Of the 10 towns near my church, 2 are coded gray (Berlin, and Boxborough), one is coded green (Stow), 7 are coded yellow (Acton, Bolton, Harvard, Hudson, Marlborough, Maynard, and Sudbury), and none are coded red.
The daily raw data file used to create this report is available here.
This is ... fucking awful. No two ways around it. Day-over-day deaths are up and day-over-day cases are way, way up. Today's 18 newly reported deaths are the highest single-day total since May 17. Today's 2,096 newly reported cases are the first time that number has been over two thousand for a single day's report since April 14, and is the highest single-day total since April 10. Hospitalizations held steady, as did the seven-day averages for deaths and hospitalizations; however, the averages for cases and percent-positive are both up. Meanwhile, the number of cities and towns that would qualify for the state's highest risk category (assuming, of course, that Governor Charlie Baker gave a rat's ass) is up yet again, to fifty.
At the moment, the folks at Covid Act Now are showing both Middlesex County and Massachusetts statewide as being in their "high" risk level, which is actually doing well compared with most of the nation (which is either bright red "very high" or bleeding red "severe"). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are showing Middlesex County as having "high" community transmission (again, like most of the nation).
As I'm typing, President Biden is announcing new vaccination requirements. More on those later. Oh, if only Governor Baker was equally willing to get off his butt and take any sort of action.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 28 active and 1,086 cumulative cases as of September 8. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 11:45AM on May 28, 2021 reported 978 cumulative cases with 3 individuals in isolation, 943 persons recovered and 32 fatalities.