Outside MA: New England - Thanksgiving Week Update

Periodically, I look at states and countries where I have friends and/or family to see how those states are doing with COVID-19 cases. I always take a look at the population size of the state as well so that the comparison I'm making to MA numbers is somewhat valid.

Today, let's take another look at the other states in New England.

The southern 3 states are seeing continued significant increases.  New Hampshire, not wanting to be left out of the more populace states, is also rapidly increasing cases.  Maine saw a steep climb till the first few days of November and then slowed since Nov 5.  And then there's Vermont, who saw a steep incline Nov 10 through Nov 15 but, while it's still far too soon to tell, may have stabled off since then.

That explanation of where we stand is somewhat mimicked by current level of spread too... with New Hampshire not being as high as the 3 southern states in the group and Vermont and Maine both being significantly less.  The daily cases per 100,000 per day from Oct 27-Nov 2 followed by the last 7 days:
  • Vermont:              2.8 -> 16.2
  • Maine:                  5.5 -> 15.2
  • New Hampshire:  9.3 -> 31.6
  • Connecticut:       20.7 -> 52.9
  • Massachusetts:   18.7 -> 37.2*
  • Rhode Island:     37.1 -> 89.7
*note, this is the increase in reported cases each day, not the cases per day as reported which I track on my more regular posts.  37.2 is roughly in line with where we were about 2 weeks ago if going by the actual date of the case.

In the last 22 days alone, with the exception of Vermont, who increased by 5.8 times, all states have increased to 2-3 times their daily counts!

Bundle up and stay home when possible, winter is coming.

Stay safe. Stay sane. Stay informed.

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