Fun with MA COVID-19 Reporting 21-Oct-2020 edition

Let's just start with acknowledging that tomorrow, it is very likely that we will see a different range per color coding for the MA cities/towns because the state map was showing a lot of color last week and Gov Baker didn't like people being alarmed by the reality of the situation.

Ok, next up, let's talk case counts. Last week we now have seen 2 days that surpass any day preceding all the way through May 22. A third day last week surpasses all but 1 day in all of June through September (and is only matched by 1 day in October before last week).... and a fourth day surpasses all but 2 days in earlier weeks in October (and 1 day in June through September.

The average case count for last week is now 18 per day higher than the preceding week so we've reached 15 weeks of straight increases (with 2 exceptions).

This week, we've already seen a day (with a week before that day's cases stop increasing further) that has higher than any day from May 29 through September 27.... that day's case count is likely to climb by triple digits tomorrow and double digits for several days thereafter (that's just how the numbers tend to evolve)

Let's switch over the deaths, shall we? The death count from last week grew by 7 since yesterday so, where yesterday I could say that we hadn't seen a death count this high since June 28, that timespan now goes back to June 21.

Stay safe. Stay sane. Stay informed. Stay aware that Gov Baker is not at all interested in the health of the citizens.

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