Fun with MA COVID-19 Reporting 11-Mar-2021 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 about it: 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

Information right next to the city/town name is the most recent information and the furthest to the right is the furthest back.  

• Arlington - 11.5<-12.5<-11.8<-15.0<-20.3<-22.1<-24.6<-31.0<-32.6<-27.4<-27.4<-26.6<-31.3<- 27.6<- 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 - 23.2<-23.7<-24.8<-29.5<-36.9<-47.8<-56.5<-69.0<-72.2<-60.6<-56.6<-60.6<-63.7<-48<- 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 - 15.7<-13.7<-12.8<-13.6<-20.1<-28.1<-32.9<-34.1<-32.6<-27.9<-26.0<-28.9<-29.4<- 23.1<- 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 - 28.1<-37.1<-39.1<-46.4<-56.7<-83.2<-109.5<-132.0<-137.4<-125.2<-124.2<-135.2<- 152.5<-106.4<-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 - 27.0<-32.6<-27.1<-28.5<-38.3<-47.5<-57.8<-81.9<-95.3<-80.5<-81.1<-85.0<-81.9<- 62.6<-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 - 17.7<-17.7<-14.1<-15.1<-19.3<-28.6<-40.0<-48.9<-51.5<-45.4<-46.3<-38.5<-33.3<- 23.1<- 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 - 22.0<-30.1<-38.1<-43.5<-53.9<-77.8<-101.5<-164.7<-162.5<-137.2<-139.2<-166.0<- 205.7<-169.6<-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 - 21.6<-24.2<-30.3<-37.0<-47.0<-63.7<-71.3<-83.0<-85.5<-79.3<-92.4<-118.5<-139.1<- 110.0<-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 - 19.5<-24.7<-30.7<-43.0<-55.0<-66.6<-88.0<-117.1<-122.8<-110.8<-103.9<-117.4<- 133.4<- 100.5<- 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 - 17.3<-16.8<-17.0<-23.2<-39.5<-53.5<-65.5<-84.5<-86.0<-72.4<-68.1<-73.4<-81<-64.0<- 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 - 14.8<-15.9<-16.3<-21.4<-31.0<-40.2<-52.8<-70.5<-73.5<-63.1<-62.0<-62.5<-67.1<- 53.8<-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 - 15.9<-17.0<-20.5<-24.4<-33.8<-46.1<-50.7<-59.6<-65.0<-55.6<-52.4<-54.5<-55.8<- 41.9<-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 - 18.6<-19.0<-27.8<-32.8<-34.3<-50.9<-69.0<-86.8<-89.2<-73.5<-77.6<-86.9<-88.7<-70.8 <-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 - 18.2<-18.7<-20.8<-21.7<-27.9<-33.2<-40.2<-54.7<-56.5<-43.2<-40.3<-48.4<-47.8<- 39.5<-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 - 32.8<-40.0<-42.9<-48.1<-63.7<-75.3<-86.2<-101.2<-96.1<-81.6<-80.6<-84.1<-93.0<- 80.4<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 - 19.2<-20.7<-23.2<-29.2<-37.3<-47.6<-58.3<-73.8<-77.0<-64.9<-61.7<-64.9<-68.1<-53.3<- 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 - 76 (3 more than last week) (Less than 4 cases per 100,000 people per day)
• Yellow - 29 (8 more than last week) (Greater than or equal to 4 and less than 8 cases per 100,000 people per day)
• Orange - 96 (2 more than last week) (Greater than or equal to 8 and less than 16 cases per 100,000 people per day)
• Red - 106 (5 fewer than last week) (Greater than or equal to 16 and less than 24 cases per 100,000 people per day) 
• Maroon- 43 (8 fewer than last week) (Greater than or equal to 24 and less than 40 cases per 100,000 people per day)
• Purple- 1 (same as last week) (Greater than or equal to 40 and less than 64 cases per 100,000 people per day)
• Black - 0 (same as last week)(Greater than or equal to 64 cases per 100,000 people per day).

Summary: 177 cities/towns got better this week, 98 got worse (which is fewer and more than last week respectively).  A majority of cities and towns are still improving, but most of them very very slowly (as can be seen from the barely any movement in the state-wide number).  More and more cities and towns are getting worse again.  

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. Stay vigilant.