Fun with MA COVID-19 Reporting 27-May-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. I'm keeping in the furthest back references (going back to August 2020) so that a comparison can be made not just to the worst spread or the last few weeks' but going back to last summer.... Aka, it's a reminder that as good as things look in comparison to January, we're not back to where we were yet.
  • Arlington - 1.6 <-2.5 <-3.6 <-3.4 <-4.8 <-8.6 <-11.1 <-10.6 <-10.1 <-10.8 <-11.8 <-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 - 5.8 <-8.1 <-11.2 <-14.2 <-17.8 <-23.7 <-32.0 <-35.7 <-29.9 <-23.3 <-22.4 <-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 <-48.0 <-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 - 2.4 <-3.1 <-5.7 <-8.7 <-12.5 <-19.5 <-20.9 <-21.9 <-22.1 <-16.3 <-15.8 <-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 - 13.9 <-15.3 <-17.4 <-28.5 <-42.0 <-42.7 <-39.1 <-31.3 <-23.0 <-20.7 <-19.0 <-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 - 7.6 <-12.0 <-16.1 <-21.5 <-24.1 <-22.4 <-23.2 <-21.7 <-18.8 <-19.8 <-20.5 <-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 - 1.6 <-4.1 <-10.4 <-12.5 <-14.1 <-16.7 <-16.7 <-16.1 <-15.1 <-18.2 <-19.3 <-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 - 14.3 <-19.4 <-26.7 <-36.0 <-37.9 <-45.2 <-49.1 <-43.9 <-34.1 <-26.8 <-23.8 <-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 - 7.3 <-11.8 <-20.3 <-28.5 <-35.5 <-45.0 <-53.3 <-54.8 <-47.4 <-33.9 <-25.6 <-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 - 9.6 <-10.7 <-13.0 <-18.1 <-24.4 <-29.2 <-32.9 <-36.6 <-35.9 <-31.7 <-24.1 <-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 - 5.1 <-6.9 <-9.8 <-13.9 <-19.3 <-26.2 <-28.2 <-28.8 <-30.7 <-29.2 <-24.3 <-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 - 3.5 <-5.9 <-8.1 <-12.8 <-19.5 <-22.7 <-25.5 <-27.0 <-24.0 <-22.3 <-18.9 <-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 - 2.0 <-3.6 <-6.6 <-11.1 <-14.4 <-16.0 <-18.3 <-21.5 <-21.8 <-20.5 <-19.8 <-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 - 8.7 <-13.0 <-14.6 <-15.9 <-19.4 <-23.3 <-26.8 <-25.2 <-19.7 <-16.3 <-20.0 <-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 - 4.2 <-5.4 <-8.2 <-10.6 <-12.8 <-17.1 <-23.0 <-23.9 <-25.2 <-24.6 <-20.9 <-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 - 14.0 <-18.7 <-25.8 <-36.9 <-43.7 <-48.7 <-47.8 <-45.0 <-40.1 <-29.3 <-26.8 <-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 - 5.7 <-8.2 <-11.6 <-15.2 <-19.2 <-23.8 <-27.1 <-28.5 <-26.5 <-22.2 <-19.5 <-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 - 200! (69 more than last week) (Less than 4 cases per 100,000 people per day)
  • Yellow - 102 (13 fewer more than last week) (Greater than or equal to 4 and less than 8 cases per 100,000 people per day)
  • Orange - 44 (46 fewer than last week) (Greater than or equal to 8 and less than 16 cases per 100,000 people per day)
  • Red - 1 (11 fewer than last week) (Greater than or equal to 16 and less than 24 cases per 100,000 people per day) 
  • Maroon- 3 (1 more 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 last week)(Greater than or equal to 64 cases per 100,000 people per day).

Summary: Things are still improving, though that improvement is slowing as we approach numbers from last summer (or is it the re-opening that we're doing and the return to pre-pandemic behavior?).  

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. 

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