Fun with MA COVID-19 Reporting 03-Dec-2020 Greater-Greater Somerville Edition

Just a friendly reminder that I'm using state numbers for total cases in reporting from each week but using a calculation that is a better approximation of the cases we've seen every 2 weeks by taking the totals from the report 2 weeks ago and comparing to the report of the week.  For an explanation of why this is more appropriate, read over my post from a few weeks ago: https://funwithmacovid-19reporting.blogspot.com/2020/10/why-weekly-community-numbers-reported.html

• Green - Less than 4 cases per 100,000 people per day
• Yellow - Greater than or equal to 4 and less than 8 cases per 100,000 people per day
• Orange - Greater than or equal to 8 and less than 16 cases per 100,000 people per day
• Red - Greater than or equal to 16 and less than 24 cases per 100,000 people per day 
• Maroon- Greater than or equal to 24 and less than 40 cases per 100,000 people per day
• Purple- Greater than or equal to 40 and less than 64 cases per 100,000 people per day
• Black - Greater than or equal to 64 cases per 100,000 people per day

• Arlington - 15.6<-13.5<-10.6<- 7.5 <- 6.4 <- 6.7 <- 3.9 <- 0.9 <- 2.2 <- 3.0 <- 1.9 <- 2.5 <- 2.7 <- 1.4 <- 0.6 <- 0.6 
• Boston - 32.9<-34.0<-33.0<- 24.5 <- 19.2 <- 16.4 <- 12.0 <- 10.9 <- 10.2 <- 8.6 <- 8.0 <- 5.8 <- 5.8 <- 7.8 <- 7.1 <- 6.6 
• Cambridge - 18.3<-23.5<-20.1<- 9.9 <- 5.8 <- 3.9 <- 4.2 <- 3.7 <- 2.7 <- 3.1 <- 3.0 <- 2.4 <- 1.8 <- 1.6 <- 2.2 <- 2.3 
• Chelsea - 59.2<-70.7<- 73.8<- 60.5 <- 48.0 <- 34.9 <- 26.9 <- 30.2 <- 24.3 <- 18.6 <- 20.5 <- 20.9 <- 26.4 <- 31.3 <- 30.0 <- 22.2 
• Fitchburg - 42.6<-50.5<-56.4<- 50.2 <- 41.0 <- 25.6 <- 6.9 <- 3.9 <- 2.5 <- 1.5 <- 1.5 <- 2.5 <- 3.2 <- 2.4 <- 2.0 <- 3.7 
• Holliston - 25.5<-24.9<-19.7<- 17.1 <- 17.1 <- 13.0 <- 9.8 <- 7.8 <- 5.7 <- 6.7 <- 8.8 <- 6.2 <- 3.6 <- 5.2 <- 2.6 <- 1.0 
• Lawrence - 112.8<-110.5<-110.8<- 88.4 <- 64.3 <- 57.3 <- 49.3 <- 41.2 <- 37.6 <- 36.5 <- 22.5 <- 14.1 <- 18.3 <- 17.0 <- 12.6 <- 9.5 
• Lowell - 82.6<-81.9<-67.4<- 46.1 <- 29.8 <- 19.7 <- 13.9 <- 15.2 <- 16.7 <- 12.3 <- 8.1 <- 6.4 <- 6.1 <- 4.3 <- 2.9 <- 2.8 
• Lynn - 68.9<-71.4<-64.5<- 48.4 <- 38.3 <- 27.6 <- 18.7 <- 13.6 <- 11.2 <- 12.0 <- 15.7 <- 13.2 <- 9.6 <- 12.2 <- 17.0 <- 22.2 
• Malden - 40.0<-36.9<-35.3<- 26.1 <- 17.1 <- 13.8 <- 12.2 <- 11.9 <- 10.9 <- 6.3 <- 4.3 <- 6.1 <- 7.3 <- 5.9 <- 3.7 <- 3.0 
• Medford - 32.0<-26.4<-24.1<- 18.8 <- 11.6 <- 8.8 <- 7.2 <- 6.9 <- 5.8 <- 4.8 <- 4.7 <- 4.7 <- 5.4 <- 4.1 <- 3.3 <- 4.1 
• Quincy - 25.6<-19.3<-13.6<- 10.3 <- 8.5 <- 6.9 <- 6.3 <- 6.9 <- 6.4 <- 4.8 <- 3.7 <- 3.2 <- 2.9 <- 2.6 <- 3.3 <- 2.8 
• Salem - 54.6<-50.6<-41.9<- 28.2 <- 16.8 <- 9.8 <- 6.5 <- 5.9 <- 6.7 <- 6.5 <- 4.4 <- 3.8 <- 4.9 <- 4.9 <- 6.5 <- 9.8 
• Somerville - 36.1<-35.9<-8.2<- 17.8 <- 10.3 <- 7.4 <- 7.1 <- 7.5 <- 6.4 <- 4.9 <- 5.2 <- 7.0 <- 7.9 <- 6.5 <- 4.7 <- 3.4 
• Springfield - 62.8<-65.2<-56.9<- 38.5 <- 26.3 <- 18.1 <- 11.3 <- 14.7 <- 14.6 <- 9.6 <- 5.7 <- 3.7 <- 3.6 <- 2.8 <- 3.5 <- 4.5 

• State - 37.2<-35.5<-31.2 <- 22.4 <- 16.3 <- 12.7 <- 9.3 <- 8.5 <- 7.6 <- 6.2 <- 5.1 <- 4.4 <- 4.4 <- 4.5 <- 4.0 <- 3.8

Number of cities/towns with each designation with my calculation:

• Green - 59 (6 fewer than last week) (Less than 4 cases per 100,000 people per day)
• Yellow - 11 (4 more than last week) (Greater than or equal to 4 and less than 8 cases per 100,000 people per day)
• Orange - 35 (18 fewer than last week) (Greater than or equal to 8 and less than 16 cases per 100,000 people per day)
• Red - 70 (2 more than last week) (Greater than or equal to 16 and less than 24 cases per 100,000 people per day) 
• Maroon- 108 (5 more than last week) (Greater than or equal to 24 and less than 40 cases per 100,000 people per day)
• Purple- 58 (13 more than last week) (Greater than or equal to 40 and less than 64 cases per 100,000 people per day)
• Black - 10 (same as last week) (Greater than or equal to 64 cases per 100,000 people per day)

So, in general, cities and towns are individually getting worse and, shockingly, the state overall is getting worse.  With that said, I was happy to see the 5 cities/towns I'm tracking that did improve slightly.

Have a city/town you'd like me to keep track of? Let me know and I'll get started.

Stay Safe. Stay Sane. Stay Informed.