Fun with MA COVID-19 reporting 16-Sep-2020 Greater-Greater Somerville local edition

(All average cases listed are 14-day averages and are per 100,000, which means that it's comparable between cities without regard for each city's population)
  • Arlington - having climbed the last few weeks, you appear to have steadied out...2.3 last week became 2.2 this week.
  • Boston - Still increasing slightly overall, having gone from 7.5 last week to 7.7 this week.
  • Cambridge - Now a 2-week trend in the wrong direction... but still low. You went from 1.6 to 2.0 to now 2.2.
  • Chelsea - You're continuing to bring your deep deep red to a slightly less deep red: (23.9 to) 31.9 to 29.4 to 25 to 22.9. Please keep going...
  • Fitchburg - You're hovering around the border of green/yellow but have no trend: 3.6->4.6->2.4->2.4->3.1->2.2.
  • Holliston - Um, you broke the MA reporting system. According to the total case count, you increased by 11 in the last 7 days but then the case count for the last 14 days reads as "<5"... so... um... yeah, I give up, sorry.
  • Lynn - 24.3->23.5->16.7->12.1->9.5.->12.7.. Ok, you fell back a bit but you're still substantially better than you were a month ago, which can't be said for many... you're also back to being pretty deep red.... not the reddest on the list but...
  • Medford - 4.5->3.6->3.1->4.5->5.4->4.7. Try to get back to green.
  • Somerville - 3.7->4.7->5.8->7.7->7.6... so... we stopped the increase but..... oh, but on the other hand, the last week was better than the preceding week? we only increased by 29 (preceding week was 46).... also... this... um... ok, maybe the state is having trouble with this report because the case count for 2 weeks is supposedly 81, but the case count 2 weeks ago was 1143 and now is 1218... which means it should be 75... so... um... yeah... again with the... yeah....
Have a city/town you'd like me to keep track of? Let me know and I'll get started tracking it.

Stay Safe. Stay Sane. Stay Informed.

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