Fun with MA COVID-19 Reporting 05-Nov-2020 edition

Yesterday we saw that last week beat the May 10 weekly case average. At 1122.4 cases per day, we were just a bit higher and significantly lower than the next milestone of reaching May 3rd's weekly average of 1409.2 (oh, and today, last week sits at 1146.4).  This week, we've already seen 2 days above 1,000 cases, one of which is Monday which is sitting at 1,322.  Given that a day's case count increases for about a week, including triple digit increases for a few days, I think we can expect another week of increased cases.  For comparison, the average weekday from last week was 1,354.  For additional comparison, there were no days from May 21 through Oct 18 that reached 1,000, none.

Hospitalizations saw the first period of 6 days of straight increases since the first half of April, though this streak ended today with a huge monumental decrease of (checks report) four.... This makes me yearn for May and June where we saw several periods of 6+ days straight of straight decreases in hospitalized patients.

Our deaths from last week now are now sitting at 19 per day, which is between the preceding week (18.7 per day) and the week before it (19.9 per day), all of which are higher than any other week going back until June 21.

The weekly data on towns is going to be delayed till tomorrow, but I have a preview for you.  The way the state determines the last 2 week's count, we've gone from 11.8 last week to now 14.6 cases per day per 100,000 people.  The way I would say is more accurate, we've gone from 12.7 to 16.3.  This does not bode well for the individual cities and towns.

I guess what I'm saying is that we don't appear to be turning a corner and getting better and, in fact, are continuing to do worse.

Stay safe. Stay sane. Stay informed.

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