Fun with MA COVID-19 reporting - bite sized 05-Aug-2020 edition

Me yesterday: "Back at the end of June, we saw a week where we did not have a single day with over 300 new cases. Last week there was not a single weekday with fewer than 380 (and the numbers are still growing daily)... and only 1 day under 415."

Me today: "... and now we don't have a single weekday last week with fewer than 425 new cases... um... "

Week - Average yesterday - Average today
  • Jun 28 - 222.8 - 222.5
  • Jul 05 - 277.4 - 277.7
  • Jul 12 - 297.4 - 297.1
  • Jul 19 - 311.8 - 313.2 
  • Jul 26 - 360.8 - 376.8
(cases tend to fluctuate by 1 or 2 on any given date more than 14 days ago and significantly more as you get closer to the current date)

If you're only concerned with confirmed cases instead of confirmed+probable cases...
  • Jun 28 - 155.7
  • Jul 05 - 199.1
  • Jul 12 - 211.8
  • Jul 19 - 221.1
  • Jul 26 - 284.4
I don't know what else to say.

Stay safe. Stay sane. Stay informed. Stay fucking pissed at Gov. Baker for not rolling us back to 2A yet.

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