Fun With MA COVID-19 Reporting 10-Sep-2021 Edition

On Wednesday I posted that the death rate last week was lower than the preceding week... last night we found out that wasn't the case with the death rate being the highest yet since mid-May and today it inched up again.  It's still in the single digits but, at 9.4 deaths per day, it's getting closer to the low we saw last summer of 12.7.  By the way, August 15-21 saw 5.57 deaths per day and August 22-28 saw 7.42 deaths per day... so 9.4 deaths per day for last week is continuing a problematic trend.

Stay safe. Stay informed.

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