Local COVID-19 updates
Jun. 16th, 2022 05:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edschweppeAs of 5PM today, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is reporting 7 newly reported confirmed deaths (6 less than yesterday - down 46.2%) for a total of 19,593 deaths, 1,662 newly reported confirmed cases (119 more than yesterday - up 7.7%) for a total of 1,746,713 cases, and 37,359 newly reported molecular tests (2,587 more than yesterday - up 7.4%).The seven day average positivity rate is 5.54%, compared to 5.71% yesterday. Excluding higher education, the seven day average positivity rate is 5.85%; that rate was not reported yesterday. The state also reported 2 newly reported probable deaths (2 more than yesterday) for a total of 1,216 and 203 newly reported probable cases (55 more than yesterday - up 37.2%) for a total of 157,219. Combining the confirmed and probable numbers gives 9 new deaths for a total of 20,809 and 1,865 new cases for a total of 1,903,932. There were 478 COVID-19 patients in hospital (32 less than yesterday - down 6.3%), 40 COVID-19 patients in ICUs (4 less than yesterday - down 9.1%) and 11 COVID-19 patients on ventilators (intubated) (2 less than yesterday - down 15.4%).
Of the four overview trends (formerly the Page 2 "key metrics"), the 7-day average of newly confirmed cases is 1,110.0 (33 less than yesterday - down 2.9%), 1,634% above the lowest observed value of 64.0 on 6/25/2021 and 96.0% below the highest observed value of 23,201.0 on 1/8/2022. The 7-day weighted average of positive molecular test rate is 5.54% (0 less than yesterday - down 3.0%), 1,701% above the lowest observed value of 0.3% on 6/25/2021 and 80% below the highest observed value of 27.7% on 4/15/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 patients in hospital is 521.0 (4 less than yesterday - down 0.8%), 520% above the lowest observed value of 84.0 on 7/8/2021 and 87% below the highest observed value of 3,874.0 on 4/27/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 deaths is 8.0 (1 less than yesterday - down 11.1%), 700% above the lowest observed value of 1.0 on 7/11/2021 and 96% below the highest observed value of 176.0 on 4/24/2020.
Statewide, hospitals reported 8,891 non-ICU beds, of which 7,966 (89.6%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 438 (4.9%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 487 (5.5%) remained available. Hospitals also reported 1,208 ICU beds, of which 975 (80.7%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 40 (3.3%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 193 (16.0%) remained available. By comparison, hospitals reported yesterday a total of 8,801 non-ICU beds, of which 7,819 (88.8%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 466 (5%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 516 (5.9%) remained available. Hospitals also reported yesterday a total of 1,208 ICU beds, of which 949 (78.6%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 44 (3.6%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 215 (17.8%) remained available.
One week ago (June 9), the 7 day confirmed case average was 1,410.0, the 7 day confirmed deaths average was 9.0, the 7 day hospitalization average was 596.0, and the 7 day weighted average positivity rate was 6.38% (or 6.81% excluding higher education).
Two weeks ago (June 2), the 7 day confirmed case average was 1,450.0, the 7 day confirmed deaths average was 8.0, the 7 day hospitalization average was 711.0, and the 7 day weighted average positivity rate was 7.29% (or 7.77% excluding higher education).
One year ago (June 16, 2021), the 7 day confirmed case average was 68.0, the 7 day confirmed deaths average was 4.0, the 7 day hospitalization average was 142.0, and the 7 day weighted average positivity rate was 0.41% (or 0.54% 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 3,430 total cases, with a two-week case count of 95 cases, a daily incidence rate of 28.6 which is lower than last week, with a corresponding risk color code of red (if the state was still reporting color codes). Acton is also listed as having 103,078 total tests, with a two-week total test count of 1,285 and a two-week positive test count of 106, for a percent-positive rate of 8.25 which is lower than last week. The corresponding statewide figures are 1,745,051 total cases, with a two-week case count of 24,356 cases, a daily incidence rate of 25.0 which is lower than last week. Massachusetts is also listed as having 45,624,689 total tests, with a two-week total test count of 414,390 and a two-week positive test count of 27,176, for a percent-positive rate of 6.56 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, 96 would be coded gray (compared to 76 last week), 17 would be coded green (compared to 21 last week), and 59 would be coded yellow (compared to 37 last week).The remaining 179 towns would be coded red (compared to 217 last week): Abington, Acton, Acushnet, Adams, Agawam, Andover, Arlington, Ashland, Attleboro, Auburn, Ayer, Barnstable, Bedford, Belchertown, Bellingham, Belmont, Berkley, Beverly, Billerica, Boston, Bourne, Boxborough, Braintree, Brewster, Bridgewater, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge, Canton, Carlisle, Carver, Charlton, Chatham, Chelmsford, Chicopee, Clinton, Concord, Dalton, Dartmouth, Dedham, Dennis, Dracut, Dudley, Duxbury, East Longmeadow, Easthampton, Easton, Everett, Fairhaven, Fall River, Falmouth, Fitchburg, Foxborough, Framingham, Franklin, Gloucester, Grafton, Great Barrington, Greenfield, Hanover, Hanson, Harwich, Haverhill, Hingham, Holbrook, Holden, Holliston, Holyoke, Hopkinton, Hudson, Ipswich, Lakeville, Lawrence, Lee, Lenox, Leominster, Lexington, Littleton, Longmeadow, Lowell, Ludlow, Lunenburg, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Mansfield, Marblehead, Marlborough, Marshfield, Mashpee, Maynard, Medfield, Medford, Medway, Melrose, Methuen, Middleborough, Middleton, Milford, Millbury, Millis, Milton, Nantucket, Natick, Needham, New Bedford, Newburyport, Newton, Norfolk, North Andover, North Attleborough, North Reading, Northborough, Northbridge, Norwell, Norwood, Orange, Palmer, Peabody, Pembroke, Pepperell, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Quincy, Randolph, Raynham, Reading, Rehoboth, Revere, Rockport, Salem, Sandwich, Saugus, Scituate, Seekonk, Sharon, Shrewsbury, Somerville, South Hadley, Southampton, Southborough, Southbridge, Spencer, Springfield, Stoneham, Stoughton, Stow, Sturbridge, Sudbury, Swampscott, Swansea, Taunton, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, Wakefield, Walpole, Waltham, Wareham, Watertown, Wayland, Wellesley, West Springfield, Westborough, Westfield, Westford, Weston, Westport, Westwood, Weymouth, Whitman, Wilbraham, Wilmington, Winchendon, Winchester, Winthrop, Woburn, Worcester, Wrentham, and Yarmouth.
2 cities/towns would be newly coded red this week (Chatham, and Stoughton) and 40 cities/towns would no longer be coded red this week (Amesbury, Amherst, Blackstone, Boxford, Brockton, Danvers, Deerfield, Dighton, Dover, East Bridgewater, Freetown, Gardner, Georgetown, Granby, Groton, Hamilton, Hampden, Hull, Lancaster, Manchester, Mattapoisett, Monson, Montague, North Adams, Norton, Oxford, Plainville, Rockland, Rutland, Somerset, Southwick, Sterling, Sutton, Templeton, Tisbury, Uxbridge, Ware, West Boylston, Westminster, and Williamstown).
Of the 10 towns nearby (including my own town), none are coded gray, none are coded green, none are coded yellow, and 10 are coded red (Acton, Boxborough, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Littleton, Maynard, Stow, Sudbury, and Westford).
Of the 10 towns near my church, one is coded gray (Berlin), one is coded green (Harvard), one is coded yellow (Bolton), and 7 are coded red (Acton, Boxborough, Hudson, Marlborough, Maynard, Stow, and Sudbury).
The daily raw data file used to create this report is available here.
As of June 15, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that, of 3221 counties nationwide, 2628 counties (81.59% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of High, 351 counties (10.90% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of Substantial, 154 counties (4.78% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of Moderate, and 88 counties (2.73% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of Low. The CDC also reported that all 14 counties in Massachusetts have a Community Tranmission Level of High.
Barnstable County has 149.770 cases per 100k, 6.86 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Berkshire County has 181.680 cases per 100k, 5.95 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Bristol County has 128.450 cases per 100k, 4.95 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Dukes County has 190.400 cases per 100k, 8.06 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Essex County has 153.990 cases per 100k, 6.53 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Franklin County has 118.270 cases per 100k, 4.48 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Hampden County has 205.420 cases per 100k, 6.5 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Hampshire County has 172.230 cases per 100k, 4.66 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Middlesex County has 186.200 cases per 100k, 6.49 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Nantucket County has 114.050 cases per 100k, 7.07 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Norfolk County has 162.140 cases per 100k, 6.65 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Plymouth County has 131.620 cases per 100k, 5.64 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Suffolk County has 179.870 cases per 100k, 6.83 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Worcester County has 129.420 cases per 100k, 4.94 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
The underlying query for this data is available here.
As of June 16, 2022, the CDC reported COVID Community Levels for 3221 counties nationwide: 329 counties (10.21%, representing 20.97% of the population) with High community level, 946 counties (29.37%, representing 39.94% of the population) with Medium community level, and 1946 counties (60.42%, representing 39.09% of the population) with Low community level. The CDC also reported the following COVID Community Levels for the 14 counties in Massachusetts (population 6892503): 1 counties (representing 6.77% of the state's population) with High community level (Hampden), 2 counties (representing 2.58% of the state's population) with Medium community level (Dukes, Hampshire), and 11 counties (representing 90.65% of the state's population) with Low community level (Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester).
Barnstable County (population 212990) has 142.73 cases per 100k, 9.8 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Berkshire County (population 124944) has 173.68 cases per 100k, 7.3 hospitalizations per 100k and 4.1 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Bristol County (population 565217) has 131.1 cases per 100k, 6.2 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Dukes County (population 17332) has 213.48 cases per 100k, 9.8 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Medium.
Essex County (population 789034) has 150.82 cases per 100k, 8.6 hospitalizations per 100k and 5.2 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Franklin County (population 70180) has 116.84 cases per 100k, 7.5 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.6 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Hampden County (population 466372) has 202.63 cases per 100k, 10.7 hospitalizations per 100k and 5.3 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of High.
Hampshire County (population 160830) has 164.77 cases per 100k, 10.7 hospitalizations per 100k and 5.3 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Medium.
Middlesex County (population 1611699) has 180.49 cases per 100k, 9.8 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Nantucket County (population 11399) has 96.5 cases per 100k, 9.8 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of Substantial and a community level of Low.
Norfolk County (population 706775) has 158.61 cases per 100k, 9.8 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Plymouth County (population 521202) has 126.63 cases per 100k, 9.8 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Suffolk County (population 803907) has 176.64 cases per 100k, 9.8 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Worcester County (population 830622) has 128.22 cases per 100k, 7.5 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.6 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
The underlying query for this data is available here.
It's Thursday, which means day-to-day comparisons don't have to account for multiple-day reports. So deaths really are down compared to yesterday, cases are really up, and hospitalizations are clearly down; at 478, that's the first time since May 2 that the hospitalization count was reported below five hundred. All four seven-day averages are down compared to yesterday, and to last week, for that matter.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did update their COVID-19 Community Level numbers today. The good news in Massachusetts is that there is now only one county in the state (Hampden) with High community level, two (Dukes and Hampshire) with Medium, and the remaining eleven (including the most populous counties of Middlesex and Suffolk) with Low. Middlesex, Norfolk and Suffolk were all at the High level last week and had been there for several weeks running; for all three, weekly case counts dropped below 200 per 100k and weekly new hospitalizations dropped (barely) below 10 per 100k. The entire state still has high community transmission (along with almost the entire nation), which under the old CDC guidelines was enough to recommend indoor mask wearing for all; alas, the CDC has given up on that recommendation.
Me? I might consider skipping the indoor public masking when the local community transmission level gets down to moderate or low levels - eg, less than fifty new cases per 100k population per week. Needless to say, the state is still way, way above that level.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 26 active and 3,566 cumulative cases as of June 15. 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 1,110.0 (33 less than yesterday - down 2.9%), 1,634% above the lowest observed value of 64.0 on 6/25/2021 and 96.0% below the highest observed value of 23,201.0 on 1/8/2022. The 7-day weighted average of positive molecular test rate is 5.54% (0 less than yesterday - down 3.0%), 1,701% above the lowest observed value of 0.3% on 6/25/2021 and 80% below the highest observed value of 27.7% on 4/15/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 patients in hospital is 521.0 (4 less than yesterday - down 0.8%), 520% above the lowest observed value of 84.0 on 7/8/2021 and 87% below the highest observed value of 3,874.0 on 4/27/2020. The 7-day average number of COVID-19 deaths is 8.0 (1 less than yesterday - down 11.1%), 700% above the lowest observed value of 1.0 on 7/11/2021 and 96% below the highest observed value of 176.0 on 4/24/2020.
Statewide, hospitals reported 8,891 non-ICU beds, of which 7,966 (89.6%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 438 (4.9%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 487 (5.5%) remained available. Hospitals also reported 1,208 ICU beds, of which 975 (80.7%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 40 (3.3%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 193 (16.0%) remained available. By comparison, hospitals reported yesterday a total of 8,801 non-ICU beds, of which 7,819 (88.8%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 466 (5%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 516 (5.9%) remained available. Hospitals also reported yesterday a total of 1,208 ICU beds, of which 949 (78.6%) were occupied by non-COVID patients, 44 (3.6%) were occupied by COVID patients, and 215 (17.8%) remained available.
One week ago (June 9), the 7 day confirmed case average was 1,410.0, the 7 day confirmed deaths average was 9.0, the 7 day hospitalization average was 596.0, and the 7 day weighted average positivity rate was 6.38% (or 6.81% excluding higher education).
Two weeks ago (June 2), the 7 day confirmed case average was 1,450.0, the 7 day confirmed deaths average was 8.0, the 7 day hospitalization average was 711.0, and the 7 day weighted average positivity rate was 7.29% (or 7.77% excluding higher education).
One year ago (June 16, 2021), the 7 day confirmed case average was 68.0, the 7 day confirmed deaths average was 4.0, the 7 day hospitalization average was 142.0, and the 7 day weighted average positivity rate was 0.41% (or 0.54% 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 3,430 total cases, with a two-week case count of 95 cases, a daily incidence rate of 28.6 which is lower than last week, with a corresponding risk color code of red (if the state was still reporting color codes). Acton is also listed as having 103,078 total tests, with a two-week total test count of 1,285 and a two-week positive test count of 106, for a percent-positive rate of 8.25 which is lower than last week. The corresponding statewide figures are 1,745,051 total cases, with a two-week case count of 24,356 cases, a daily incidence rate of 25.0 which is lower than last week. Massachusetts is also listed as having 45,624,689 total tests, with a two-week total test count of 414,390 and a two-week positive test count of 27,176, for a percent-positive rate of 6.56 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, 96 would be coded gray (compared to 76 last week), 17 would be coded green (compared to 21 last week), and 59 would be coded yellow (compared to 37 last week).The remaining 179 towns would be coded red (compared to 217 last week): Abington, Acton, Acushnet, Adams, Agawam, Andover, Arlington, Ashland, Attleboro, Auburn, Ayer, Barnstable, Bedford, Belchertown, Bellingham, Belmont, Berkley, Beverly, Billerica, Boston, Bourne, Boxborough, Braintree, Brewster, Bridgewater, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge, Canton, Carlisle, Carver, Charlton, Chatham, Chelmsford, Chicopee, Clinton, Concord, Dalton, Dartmouth, Dedham, Dennis, Dracut, Dudley, Duxbury, East Longmeadow, Easthampton, Easton, Everett, Fairhaven, Fall River, Falmouth, Fitchburg, Foxborough, Framingham, Franklin, Gloucester, Grafton, Great Barrington, Greenfield, Hanover, Hanson, Harwich, Haverhill, Hingham, Holbrook, Holden, Holliston, Holyoke, Hopkinton, Hudson, Ipswich, Lakeville, Lawrence, Lee, Lenox, Leominster, Lexington, Littleton, Longmeadow, Lowell, Ludlow, Lunenburg, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Mansfield, Marblehead, Marlborough, Marshfield, Mashpee, Maynard, Medfield, Medford, Medway, Melrose, Methuen, Middleborough, Middleton, Milford, Millbury, Millis, Milton, Nantucket, Natick, Needham, New Bedford, Newburyport, Newton, Norfolk, North Andover, North Attleborough, North Reading, Northborough, Northbridge, Norwell, Norwood, Orange, Palmer, Peabody, Pembroke, Pepperell, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Quincy, Randolph, Raynham, Reading, Rehoboth, Revere, Rockport, Salem, Sandwich, Saugus, Scituate, Seekonk, Sharon, Shrewsbury, Somerville, South Hadley, Southampton, Southborough, Southbridge, Spencer, Springfield, Stoneham, Stoughton, Stow, Sturbridge, Sudbury, Swampscott, Swansea, Taunton, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, Wakefield, Walpole, Waltham, Wareham, Watertown, Wayland, Wellesley, West Springfield, Westborough, Westfield, Westford, Weston, Westport, Westwood, Weymouth, Whitman, Wilbraham, Wilmington, Winchendon, Winchester, Winthrop, Woburn, Worcester, Wrentham, and Yarmouth.
2 cities/towns would be newly coded red this week (Chatham, and Stoughton) and 40 cities/towns would no longer be coded red this week (Amesbury, Amherst, Blackstone, Boxford, Brockton, Danvers, Deerfield, Dighton, Dover, East Bridgewater, Freetown, Gardner, Georgetown, Granby, Groton, Hamilton, Hampden, Hull, Lancaster, Manchester, Mattapoisett, Monson, Montague, North Adams, Norton, Oxford, Plainville, Rockland, Rutland, Somerset, Southwick, Sterling, Sutton, Templeton, Tisbury, Uxbridge, Ware, West Boylston, Westminster, and Williamstown).
Of the 10 towns nearby (including my own town), none are coded gray, none are coded green, none are coded yellow, and 10 are coded red (Acton, Boxborough, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Littleton, Maynard, Stow, Sudbury, and Westford).
Of the 10 towns near my church, one is coded gray (Berlin), one is coded green (Harvard), one is coded yellow (Bolton), and 7 are coded red (Acton, Boxborough, Hudson, Marlborough, Maynard, Stow, and Sudbury).
The daily raw data file used to create this report is available here.
As of June 15, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that, of 3221 counties nationwide, 2628 counties (81.59% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of High, 351 counties (10.90% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of Substantial, 154 counties (4.78% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of Moderate, and 88 counties (2.73% of total) have a Community Transmission Level of Low. The CDC also reported that all 14 counties in Massachusetts have a Community Tranmission Level of High.
Barnstable County has 149.770 cases per 100k, 6.86 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Berkshire County has 181.680 cases per 100k, 5.95 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Bristol County has 128.450 cases per 100k, 4.95 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Dukes County has 190.400 cases per 100k, 8.06 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Essex County has 153.990 cases per 100k, 6.53 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Franklin County has 118.270 cases per 100k, 4.48 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Hampden County has 205.420 cases per 100k, 6.5 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Hampshire County has 172.230 cases per 100k, 4.66 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Middlesex County has 186.200 cases per 100k, 6.49 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Nantucket County has 114.050 cases per 100k, 7.07 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Norfolk County has 162.140 cases per 100k, 6.65 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Plymouth County has 131.620 cases per 100k, 5.64 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Suffolk County has 179.870 cases per 100k, 6.83 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
Worcester County has 129.420 cases per 100k, 4.94 percent positive, and a Community Transmission level of high
The underlying query for this data is available here.
As of June 16, 2022, the CDC reported COVID Community Levels for 3221 counties nationwide: 329 counties (10.21%, representing 20.97% of the population) with High community level, 946 counties (29.37%, representing 39.94% of the population) with Medium community level, and 1946 counties (60.42%, representing 39.09% of the population) with Low community level. The CDC also reported the following COVID Community Levels for the 14 counties in Massachusetts (population 6892503): 1 counties (representing 6.77% of the state's population) with High community level (Hampden), 2 counties (representing 2.58% of the state's population) with Medium community level (Dukes, Hampshire), and 11 counties (representing 90.65% of the state's population) with Low community level (Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester).
Barnstable County (population 212990) has 142.73 cases per 100k, 9.8 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Berkshire County (population 124944) has 173.68 cases per 100k, 7.3 hospitalizations per 100k and 4.1 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Bristol County (population 565217) has 131.1 cases per 100k, 6.2 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Dukes County (population 17332) has 213.48 cases per 100k, 9.8 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Medium.
Essex County (population 789034) has 150.82 cases per 100k, 8.6 hospitalizations per 100k and 5.2 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Franklin County (population 70180) has 116.84 cases per 100k, 7.5 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.6 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Hampden County (population 466372) has 202.63 cases per 100k, 10.7 hospitalizations per 100k and 5.3 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of High.
Hampshire County (population 160830) has 164.77 cases per 100k, 10.7 hospitalizations per 100k and 5.3 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Medium.
Middlesex County (population 1611699) has 180.49 cases per 100k, 9.8 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Nantucket County (population 11399) has 96.5 cases per 100k, 9.8 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of Substantial and a community level of Low.
Norfolk County (population 706775) has 158.61 cases per 100k, 9.8 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Plymouth County (population 521202) has 126.63 cases per 100k, 9.8 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Suffolk County (population 803907) has 176.64 cases per 100k, 9.8 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.8 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
Worcester County (population 830622) has 128.22 cases per 100k, 7.5 hospitalizations per 100k and 2.6 COVID bed utilization, for a community transmission level of High and a community level of Low.
The underlying query for this data is available here.
It's Thursday, which means day-to-day comparisons don't have to account for multiple-day reports. So deaths really are down compared to yesterday, cases are really up, and hospitalizations are clearly down; at 478, that's the first time since May 2 that the hospitalization count was reported below five hundred. All four seven-day averages are down compared to yesterday, and to last week, for that matter.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did update their COVID-19 Community Level numbers today. The good news in Massachusetts is that there is now only one county in the state (Hampden) with High community level, two (Dukes and Hampshire) with Medium, and the remaining eleven (including the most populous counties of Middlesex and Suffolk) with Low. Middlesex, Norfolk and Suffolk were all at the High level last week and had been there for several weeks running; for all three, weekly case counts dropped below 200 per 100k and weekly new hospitalizations dropped (barely) below 10 per 100k. The entire state still has high community transmission (along with almost the entire nation), which under the old CDC guidelines was enough to recommend indoor mask wearing for all; alas, the CDC has given up on that recommendation.
Me? I might consider skipping the indoor public masking when the local community transmission level gets down to moderate or low levels - eg, less than fifty new cases per 100k population per week. Needless to say, the state is still way, way above that level.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 26 active and 3,566 cumulative cases as of June 15. 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.