Fun with MA COVID-19 reporting 07-Oct-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 (green) - I mean, good job at staying in green but... try to get back where you were (even if everybody else is just trying to get to green): 0.2->0.6->1.6->2.3->2.2->1.9->3.1->2.5.
  • Boston (getting redder) - Continuing to get worse, going from 8.5 last week to 10 this week... glad you decided to go remote for your public schools.
  • Cambridge (green) - You're really liking the mid 2's which you've now been for 3 weeks. You're in a race with Arlington for greenest neighbor of Somerville.
  • Chelsea (RED!) - I was so excited last week ... but no, you've regressed 2 weeks now. Get better soon. 31.9->29.4->25->22.9->22.4->18.8->22.4. 
  • Fitchburg (green) - Took a turn toward yellow but still very green... there's pretty much a three-way tie for snapshot green but the others are going down whereas... well, at least you're still green though. 3.6->4.6->2.4->2.4->3.1->2.2->1.5->1.5->2.4.
  • Holliston (yellow) - Finally out of the red and heading toward green. Best of luck. You only saw 4 new cases in the last week, so, certainly getting things under control (hopefully). 5.7->3.1->1.0->8.3->9.3->5.7
  • Lawrence (RED!!!) - 8.6->10.0->14.9->20.5->16.9->22.1->25.4->35.2... there are no words.
  • Lowell (RED) - I mean, you're no Lawrence or Chelsea, but you're heading that way. 2.9->2.7->4.2->5.9->6.4->7.9->10.9->16.3 
  • Lynn (red) - still improving but your improvement has slowed down. 24.3->23.5->16.7->12.1->9.5.->12.7->11.3->10.1->9.8
  • Malden (turned red) - nearly doubled your rate, jeez guys... 4.2->3.6->5.5->7.4->6.0->4.7->5.9->10.4
  • Medford (yellow) - while you're no longer in a race to green with Malden, that doesn't mean you should join them in going red. 4.5->3.6->3.1->4.5->5.4->4.7->4.3->4.8->5.9
  • Quincy (yellow) - I asked how long you would stay green and we have our answer now... 3.7->3.0->2.7->3.1->3.1->3.7->4.4->6.0
  • Somerville (yellow) - being green didn't last long 3.7->4.7->5.8->7.7->7.6->4.9->3.8->6.1 
  • Springfield (getting redder) - come on guys... nearly doubled your rate... 4.5->3.2->2.5->3.0->3.3->4.3->8.3->14.6
Have a city/town you'd like me to keep track of? Let me know and I'll add it to the list.

Just generally... with the state map... the grey remains roughly the same but green is disappearing... yellow remains roughly the same too, and red is just taking over. Thanks Gov Baker.

Stay Safe. Stay Sane. Stay Informed.

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