Fun with MA COVID-19 Reporting 20-Oct-2021 Edition

We have good news and just a bit of bad news today...

We'll start with the good news, which comes in the form of the Wednesday update on new hospitalizations.  New hospitalizations continues to shrink.  We're still quite far from the low double digits we saw in June and early July but down is a good direction to go.

June 13-19 2021   -  13.4
June 20-26 2021   -  12.7
Jun 27-Jul 3 2021  - 11.4
July 4-10 2021      -  14.3
July 11-17 2021    -  14.3
July 18-24 2021    -  17.9
July 25-31 2021    -  34.0
Aug 01-07 2021    -  42.7
Aug 08-14 2021    -  54.7
Aug 15-21 2021    -  69.0
Aug 22-28 2021    -  72.0
Aug 29-Sep 4 2021- 72.1
Sep 5-11 2021        - 79.0
Sep 12-18 2021      - 74.7
Sep 19-25 2021      - 65.6
Sep 26-Oct 2 2021 - 69.9
Oct 3-9 2021          - 63.3
Oct 10-16 2021      - 60.0

Also, while the week before last saw our reduction in cases all but stop, last week does appear to have a decrease, though not a particularly large one based on what we know at the moment and the fact that knowledge of more cases will come in through this time next week.... and we're still very far from getting out of the highest category that the CDC identifies for spread.

June 13-19 2021      -   72.4 cases per day (  1.05 cases per 100,000 people per day)
June 20-26 2021      -   65.7 cases per day (  0.95 cases per 100,000 people per day)
Jun 27-Jul 3 2021    -   79.1 cases per day (  1.15 cases per 100,000 people per day) 
July 4-10 2021        -  118.1 cases per day (  1.71 cases per 100,000 people per day) 
July 11-17 2021      -  263.9 cases per day (  3.83 cases per 100,000 people per day) 
July 18-24 2021      -  478.9 cases per day (  6.95 cases per 100,000 people per day) 
July 25-31 2021      -  720.9 cases per day (10.46 cases per 100,000 people per day) 
August 01-07 2021 -  999.9 cases per day (14.51 cases per 100,000 people per day) 
August 08-14 2021 -1156.9 cases per day (16.78 cases per 100,000 people per day) 
August 15-21 2021 -1315.4 cases per day (19.08 cases per 100,000 people per day)
August 22-28 2021 -1442.1 cases per day (20.92 cases per 100,000 people per day)
Aug 29-Sep 4 2021 -1557.9 cases per day (22.60 cases per 100,000 people per day)
Sep 5-11 2021         -1686.4 cases per day (24.47 cases per 100,000 people per day)
Sep 12-18 2021       -1658.7 cases per day (24.06 cases per 100,000 people per day)
Sep 19-25 2021       -1533.6 cases per day (22.25 cases per 100,000 people per day)
Sep 26-Oct 2 2021  -1333.3 cases per day (19.34 cases per 100,000 people per day)
Oct 3-9 2021           -1325.1 cases per day (19.22 cases per 100,000 people per day)
Oct 10-16 2021       -1258.6 cases per day (18.26 cases per 100,000 people per day)

And the final bit of good news comes in the form of last week's deaths which dropped again.  We only saw 10.4 deaths per day... it's strange to say that we only saw 10 deaths per day but that is the lowest we've seen in a month and a half.

The bad news comes in the form of hospital bed usage increasing last week despite the decline in new hospitalizations.  I suppose the lackluster reduction in cases and new hospitalizations could also be seen as bad news too... especially as we head into the colder months and flu season.

Stay safe. Stay informed.

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