Fun with MA COVID-19 Reporting 17-Oct-2021 (Clusters)

Just a friendly reminder that the residence-based settings are removed on account of, well, you can't really prevent spread within a place of living, so the effort has to be preventing it from spreading outside and coming in. 

Notable this week:  Colleges & Universities, Recreational/Cultural, OtherHealthcare, and Travel & Lodging decreased cases while Other Food Establishments remained static... but the other 12 settings increased their spread, with Social Gatherings increasing by 50% and Retail & Services, Other, Offices, and Places of Worship more than doubling.  Oh, and Child Care, of course, maintained it's supreme grip as being way above and beyond the greatest spreader, having more than twice the next setting.

  • Child Care Tier
    • Child Care - 213 clusters causing 363 cases 
  • Super High Tier
    • K-12 Schools - 36 clusters causing 166 cases 
      • Social Gatherings - 50 clusters causing 154 cases 
    • High Tier
      • Organized Athletics & Camps - 33 clusters causing 93 cases 
    • Medium Tier
        • Colleges & Universities - 21 clusters causing 67 cases
        • Hospitals - 20 clusters causing 63 cases 
        • Industrial Settings - 18 clusters causing 43 cases 
      • Low Tier
          • Other Workplaces - 14 clusters causing 29 cases 
          • Recreational/Cultural - 11 cluster causing 24 cases
            • Restaurants & Food Courts - 18 cluster causing 24 cases 
            • Retail & Services - 14 cluster causing 24 cases 
              • Other - 6 clusters causing 17 cases
              • Offices - 5 clusters causing 11 cases
                • Other Food Establishments - 3 cluster causing 9 cases 
                • Other Healthcare - 11 cluster causing 8 cases
                  • Places of Worship - 3 cluster causing 7 cases 
                  • Travel & Lodging - 5 cluster causing 1 case
                Stay safe. Stay informed.

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