Local COVID-19 updates
Apr. 21st, 2022 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 13 newly reported confirmed deaths (11 less than yesterday - down 45.8%) for a total of 19,098 deaths, 2,528 newly reported confirmed cases (675 more than yesterday - up 36.4%) for a total of 1,598,541 cases, and 67,095 newly reported molecular tests (19,322 more than yesterday - up 40.4%).The seven day average positivity rate is 4.32%, compared to 4.34% yesterday. Excluding higher education, the seven day average positivity rate is 5.75%; that rate was not reported yesterday. The state also reported zero newly reported probable deaths (3 less than yesterday) for a total of 1,121 and 74 newly reported probable cases (59 less than yesterday - down 44.4%) for a total of 137,217. Combining the confirmed and probable numbers gives 13 new deaths for a total of 20,219 and 2,602 new cases for a total of 1,735,758. There were 384 COVID-19 patients in hospital (11 more than yesterday - up 2.9%), 27 COVID-19 patients in ICUs (2 less than yesterday - down 6.9%) and 11 COVID-19 patients on ventilators (intubated) (1 more than yesterday - up 10.0%).
Of the four overview trends (formerly the Page 2 "key metrics"), the 7-day average of newly confirmed cases is 1,440.0 (7 less than yesterday - down 0.5%), 2,150% above the lowest observed value of 64.0 on 6/25/2021 and 94.0% below the highest observed value of 23,206.0 on 1/8/2022. The 7-day weighted average of positive molecular test rate is 4.32% (0 less than yesterday - down 0.5%), 1,303% above the lowest observed value of 0.3% on 6/25/2021 and 84% below the highest observed value of 27.7% on 4/15/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 patients in hospital is 349.0 (11 more than yesterday - up 3.3%), 315% above the lowest observed value of 84.0 on 7/8/2021 and 91% below the highest observed value of 3,874.0 on 4/27/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 deaths is 5.0 (1 more than yesterday - up 25.0%), 400% above the lowest observed value of 1.0 on 7/11/2021 and 98% below the highest observed value of 175.0 on 4/24/2020.
Statewide, hospitals reported 8,832 non-ICU beds, of which 7,645 (86.6%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 357 (4.0%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 830 (9.4%) remained available. Hospitals also reported 1,242 ICU beds, of which 940 (75.7%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 27 (2.2%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 275 (22.1%) remained available. By comparison, hospitals reported yesterday a total of 8,774 non-ICU beds, of which 7,576 (86.3%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 344 (4%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 854 (9.7%) remained available. Hospitals also reported yesterday a total of 1,240 ICU beds, of which 921 (74.3%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 29 (2.3%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 290 (23.4%) remained available.
Two weeks ago, the 7 day confirmed case average was 965.0, the 7 day confirmed deaths average was 4.0, the 7 day hospitalization average was 217.0, and the 7 day weighted average positivity rate was 2.75% (or 3.94% excluding higher education).
One year ago, the 7 day confirmed case average was 1,109.0, the 7 day confirmed deaths average was 7.0, the 7 day hospitalization average was 702.0, and the 7 day weighted average positivity rate was 2.14% (or 3.75% 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 2,915 total cases, with a two-week case count of 80 cases, a daily incidence rate of 24.1 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 96,630 total tests, with a two-week total test count of 1,726 and a two-week positive test count of 82, for a percent-positive rate of 4.75 which is higher than last week. The corresponding statewide figures are 1,596,013 total cases, with a two-week case count of 24,195 cases, a daily incidence rate of 24.8 which is higher than last week. Massachusetts is also listed as having 43,329,885 total tests, with a two-week total test count of 697,465 and a two-week positive test count of 25,917, for a percent-positive rate of 3.72 which is higher 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, 96 would be coded gray (compared to 114 last week), 32 would be coded green (compared to 61 last week), and 146 would be coded yellow (compared to 149 last week).The remaining 77 towns would be coded red (compared to 27 last week): Adams, Agawam, Andover, Barnstable, Bedford, Bellingham, Beverly, Boxford, Bridgewater, Burlington, Carlisle, Chatham, Chelmsford, Cohasset, Dalton, East Longmeadow, Falmouth, Foxborough, Framingham, Georgetown, Gloucester, Great Barrington, Hadley, Hamilton, Hanover, Hingham, Holden, Hopkinton, Hudson, Ipswich, Lakeville, Littleton, Ludlow, Lynnfield, Marblehead, Mashpee, Medfield, Medford, Medway, Melrose, Montague, Nantucket, Needham, Newton, Norfolk, North Attleborough, North Reading, Northborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plainville, Reading, Revere, Rockport, Rowley, Rutland, Salem, Seekonk, Shrewsbury, Somerville, Southampton, Southborough, Southwick, Stoneham, Sudbury, Swampscott, Wakefield, Walpole, Wellesley, Westford, Weston, Weymouth, Wilbraham, Williamstown, Winthrop, Wrentham, and Yarmouth.
50 cities/towns would be newly coded red this week (Adams, Agawam, Barnstable, Bedford, Beverly, Boxford, Bridgewater, Carlisle, Chatham, Chelmsford, Cohasset, East Longmeadow, Falmouth, Foxborough, Framingham, Georgetown, Hadley, Hamilton, Hanover, Hingham, Holden, Hudson, Ipswich, Lakeville, Marblehead, Mashpee, Medford, Montague, Nantucket, Needham, Newton, Norfolk, North Attleborough, Plainville, Revere, Rockport, Rowley, Rutland, Salem, Somerville, Southampton, Southwick, Wakefield, Walpole, Wellesley, Westford, Weymouth, Wilbraham, Winthrop, and Yarmouth) and 0 cities/towns would no longer be coded red this week ().
Of the 10 towns nearby (including my own town), none are coded gray, one is coded green (Boxborough), 4 are coded yellow (Acton, Concord, Maynard, and Stow), and 5 are coded red (Carlisle, Chelmsford, Littleton, Sudbury, and Westford).
Of the 10 towns near my church, one is coded gray (Berlin), one is coded green (Boxborough), 6 are coded yellow (Acton, Bolton, Harvard, Marlborough, Maynard, and Stow), and 2 are coded red (Hudson, and Sudbury).
The daily raw data file used to create this report is available here.
As of April 20, 2022, the CDC reported that, of 3218 counties nationwide, 544 counties (16.90% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of High, 485 counties (15.07% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of Substantial, 1382 counties (42.95% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of Moderate, and 807 counties (25.08% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of Low. The CDC also reported that, of the 14 counties in Massachusetts, 13 counties have a Community Transmission Level of High (Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester), and 1 counties have a Community Transmission Level of Moderate (Dukes).
As of April 14, 2022, the CDC reported COVID Community Levels for 3224 counties nationwide: 14 counties (0.43%) with High community level, 175 counties (5.43%) with Medium community level, and 3035 counties (94.14%) with Low community level. The CDC also reported the following COVID Community Levels for the 14 counties in Massachusetts: 3 counties with Medium community level (Berkshire, Middlesex, Suffolk), and 11 counties with Low community level (Bristol, Barnstable, Plymouth, Nantucket, Norfolk, Dukes, Hampden, Hampshire, Essex, Franklin, Worcester).
Good to see a significant drop in deaths reported today compared to yesterday; not good to see a big jump in newly confirmed cases. On the other hand, today's 2,528 is lower than last Thursday's 2,962, so that's something. Hospitalizations are up again; today's 384 patients is the highest reported since 401 were reported on March 2. The seven-day averages for cases and percent-positive are both down slightly, while those for deaths and hospitalizations are up.
As of this writing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention haven't updated their national "Community Level" map. Last week there were only 14 counties nationwide with the worst, "High" level and 175 with the "Medium" level; three of those "Medium" counties were in Massachusetts (Berkshire, Middlesex, and Suffolk). Judging from how high case rates have jumped in the past seven days, I expect that Barnstable, Hampshire and Norfolk counties will join that list once the CDC updates it; Franklin County will be awfully close. I'm going to guess that none of them will reach "High" level this week, since hospitalizations (while climbing) are still pretty low.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 17 active and 2,995 cumulative cases as of April 20. In the most recent "newsflash style update" at 7PM on December 21, 2021, the town reported 1538 cumulative cases with 89 individuals in isolation, 1417 recovered and 32 fatalities.
Of the four overview trends (formerly the Page 2 "key metrics"), the 7-day average of newly confirmed cases is 1,440.0 (7 less than yesterday - down 0.5%), 2,150% above the lowest observed value of 64.0 on 6/25/2021 and 94.0% below the highest observed value of 23,206.0 on 1/8/2022. The 7-day weighted average of positive molecular test rate is 4.32% (0 less than yesterday - down 0.5%), 1,303% above the lowest observed value of 0.3% on 6/25/2021 and 84% below the highest observed value of 27.7% on 4/15/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 patients in hospital is 349.0 (11 more than yesterday - up 3.3%), 315% above the lowest observed value of 84.0 on 7/8/2021 and 91% below the highest observed value of 3,874.0 on 4/27/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 deaths is 5.0 (1 more than yesterday - up 25.0%), 400% above the lowest observed value of 1.0 on 7/11/2021 and 98% below the highest observed value of 175.0 on 4/24/2020.
Statewide, hospitals reported 8,832 non-ICU beds, of which 7,645 (86.6%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 357 (4.0%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 830 (9.4%) remained available. Hospitals also reported 1,242 ICU beds, of which 940 (75.7%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 27 (2.2%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 275 (22.1%) remained available. By comparison, hospitals reported yesterday a total of 8,774 non-ICU beds, of which 7,576 (86.3%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 344 (4%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 854 (9.7%) remained available. Hospitals also reported yesterday a total of 1,240 ICU beds, of which 921 (74.3%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 29 (2.3%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 290 (23.4%) remained available.
Two weeks ago, the 7 day confirmed case average was 965.0, the 7 day confirmed deaths average was 4.0, the 7 day hospitalization average was 217.0, and the 7 day weighted average positivity rate was 2.75% (or 3.94% excluding higher education).
One year ago, the 7 day confirmed case average was 1,109.0, the 7 day confirmed deaths average was 7.0, the 7 day hospitalization average was 702.0, and the 7 day weighted average positivity rate was 2.14% (or 3.75% 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 2,915 total cases, with a two-week case count of 80 cases, a daily incidence rate of 24.1 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 96,630 total tests, with a two-week total test count of 1,726 and a two-week positive test count of 82, for a percent-positive rate of 4.75 which is higher than last week. The corresponding statewide figures are 1,596,013 total cases, with a two-week case count of 24,195 cases, a daily incidence rate of 24.8 which is higher than last week. Massachusetts is also listed as having 43,329,885 total tests, with a two-week total test count of 697,465 and a two-week positive test count of 25,917, for a percent-positive rate of 3.72 which is higher 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, 96 would be coded gray (compared to 114 last week), 32 would be coded green (compared to 61 last week), and 146 would be coded yellow (compared to 149 last week).The remaining 77 towns would be coded red (compared to 27 last week): Adams, Agawam, Andover, Barnstable, Bedford, Bellingham, Beverly, Boxford, Bridgewater, Burlington, Carlisle, Chatham, Chelmsford, Cohasset, Dalton, East Longmeadow, Falmouth, Foxborough, Framingham, Georgetown, Gloucester, Great Barrington, Hadley, Hamilton, Hanover, Hingham, Holden, Hopkinton, Hudson, Ipswich, Lakeville, Littleton, Ludlow, Lynnfield, Marblehead, Mashpee, Medfield, Medford, Medway, Melrose, Montague, Nantucket, Needham, Newton, Norfolk, North Attleborough, North Reading, Northborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plainville, Reading, Revere, Rockport, Rowley, Rutland, Salem, Seekonk, Shrewsbury, Somerville, Southampton, Southborough, Southwick, Stoneham, Sudbury, Swampscott, Wakefield, Walpole, Wellesley, Westford, Weston, Weymouth, Wilbraham, Williamstown, Winthrop, Wrentham, and Yarmouth.
50 cities/towns would be newly coded red this week (Adams, Agawam, Barnstable, Bedford, Beverly, Boxford, Bridgewater, Carlisle, Chatham, Chelmsford, Cohasset, East Longmeadow, Falmouth, Foxborough, Framingham, Georgetown, Hadley, Hamilton, Hanover, Hingham, Holden, Hudson, Ipswich, Lakeville, Marblehead, Mashpee, Medford, Montague, Nantucket, Needham, Newton, Norfolk, North Attleborough, Plainville, Revere, Rockport, Rowley, Rutland, Salem, Somerville, Southampton, Southwick, Wakefield, Walpole, Wellesley, Westford, Weymouth, Wilbraham, Winthrop, and Yarmouth) and 0 cities/towns would no longer be coded red this week ().
Of the 10 towns nearby (including my own town), none are coded gray, one is coded green (Boxborough), 4 are coded yellow (Acton, Concord, Maynard, and Stow), and 5 are coded red (Carlisle, Chelmsford, Littleton, Sudbury, and Westford).
Of the 10 towns near my church, one is coded gray (Berlin), one is coded green (Boxborough), 6 are coded yellow (Acton, Bolton, Harvard, Marlborough, Maynard, and Stow), and 2 are coded red (Hudson, and Sudbury).
The daily raw data file used to create this report is available here.
As of April 20, 2022, the CDC reported that, of 3218 counties nationwide, 544 counties (16.90% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of High, 485 counties (15.07% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of Substantial, 1382 counties (42.95% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of Moderate, and 807 counties (25.08% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of Low. The CDC also reported that, of the 14 counties in Massachusetts, 13 counties have a Community Transmission Level of High (Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester), and 1 counties have a Community Transmission Level of Moderate (Dukes).
As of April 14, 2022, the CDC reported COVID Community Levels for 3224 counties nationwide: 14 counties (0.43%) with High community level, 175 counties (5.43%) with Medium community level, and 3035 counties (94.14%) with Low community level. The CDC also reported the following COVID Community Levels for the 14 counties in Massachusetts: 3 counties with Medium community level (Berkshire, Middlesex, Suffolk), and 11 counties with Low community level (Bristol, Barnstable, Plymouth, Nantucket, Norfolk, Dukes, Hampden, Hampshire, Essex, Franklin, Worcester).
Good to see a significant drop in deaths reported today compared to yesterday; not good to see a big jump in newly confirmed cases. On the other hand, today's 2,528 is lower than last Thursday's 2,962, so that's something. Hospitalizations are up again; today's 384 patients is the highest reported since 401 were reported on March 2. The seven-day averages for cases and percent-positive are both down slightly, while those for deaths and hospitalizations are up.
As of this writing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention haven't updated their national "Community Level" map. Last week there were only 14 counties nationwide with the worst, "High" level and 175 with the "Medium" level; three of those "Medium" counties were in Massachusetts (Berkshire, Middlesex, and Suffolk). Judging from how high case rates have jumped in the past seven days, I expect that Barnstable, Hampshire and Norfolk counties will join that list once the CDC updates it; Franklin County will be awfully close. I'm going to guess that none of them will reach "High" level this week, since hospitalizations (while climbing) are still pretty low.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 17 active and 2,995 cumulative cases as of April 20. In the most recent "newsflash style update" at 7PM on December 21, 2021, the town reported 1538 cumulative cases with 89 individuals in isolation, 1417 recovered and 32 fatalities.
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Date: 2022-04-22 01:53 pm (UTC)