Boston-Proper COVID-19 Update (15-Oct-2020 data)

Cases PER DAY per 100,000 people for the last 2 weeks as of last week and then that average now (color coding per state analysis criteria)
  • Allston/Brighton: 5.0->6.1->11->10.9->9.2->11->8.7 (much better, get back to yellow for us though, please)
  • Charlestown: 4.8->4.0->0->1.1->4.0->3.7->4.4 (welcome right back to yellow)
  • Dorchester: 7.8->7.3->5.7->7.0->12.3->15.7->18.9 (You caught up to East Boston and then some)
  • Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Downtown, North End and West End combined: 3.9->4.1->6.5->6.8->5.7->6.7->6.3 (you're remarkably consistent... I wish you were remarkably consistently green but consistently yellow is better than many other areas)
  • East Boston: 34.6->23.6->14->13.4->20->17.7->16.4 (keep going, there's absolutely no reason you should settle for 3rd worst and can't get below one more neighborhood to make it to 4th worst)
  • Fenway: 6.7->7.2->6.8->6.7->6.7->6.2->4.6 (YES, hoping for green next week)
  • Hyde Park: 4.1->3.9->3.7->6.5->10.3->13->17.6 (gang, you're not doing great... to think just a month ago you were green... now you're the 2nd highest rate in the city)
  • Jamaica Plain: 7.9->7.2->5.5->5.8->4.9->6.7->11.4 (WHELP! you nearly doubled and are now definitely red for the first time since I started this post series)
  • Mattapan: 5.2->5.5->3.8->3.8->7.9->9-> 9.8(get back to green, or at least stay below 10?)
  • Roslindale: 5.3->6.5->9.9->10.1->10.9->9.9->10.4 (well... at least you're not in the teens?)
  • Roxbury: 5.4->6.0->6.7->7.9->6.6->6.6->6.7->9.6 (turned red)
  • South Boston: 2.3->3.6->8.3->12->13->14.5->13 (ok, that's a little better, but ... you can do better)
  • South End: 3.7->3.8->2.2->2.4->6.6->7.3->9.7 (I asked if you would turn red this week and you answered with a resounding "yes")
  • West Roxbury: 2.1->4.4->6.7->5.4->4.2->5->4.4 (better but still not back to green yet)
  • All of Boston: 7.5->7.0->7.0->7.8->9.4->10.5->11.5 (REDDER)
Summary: I'm sorry, I'm not sure I can right now.... sort of like 2/3 of Boston... Please get better soon.

Stay safe. Stay sane. Stay informed.

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