Fun with MA COVID-19 Reporting 06-Nov-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:  People took more precautions with their Social Gatherings, causing the spread there to drop nearly in half.  Child Care also reduced slightly but remains higher than the next 2 settings combined.  K-12 Schools and Organized Athletics & Camps both saw increases, by 10% and 15% respectively.

  • Child Care Tier
    • Child Care - 215 clusters causing 290 cases 
  • High Tier
    • K-12 Schools - 59 clusters causing 137 cases 
      • Organized Athletics & Camps - 38 clusters causing 104 cases 
      • Social Gatherings - 31 clusters causing 100 cases 
    • MediumTier
        • Industrial Settings - 20 clusters causing 39 cases
      • Low Tier
          • Hospitals - 17 clusters causing 23 cases 
          • Recreational/Cultural - 8 cluster causing 23 cases
          • Colleges & Universities - 17 clusters causing 18 cases
          • Other Workplaces - 13 clusters causing 16 cases 
          • Places of Worship - 4 cluster causing 16 cases 
          • Restaurants & Food Courts - 12 cluster causing 13 cases 
          • Retail & Services - 8 cluster causing 12 cases 
            • Offices - 4 clusters causing 9 cases
            • Other Healthcare - 6 cluster causing 9 cases
              • Other - 3 clusters causing 4 cases
              • No spread but clusters remain open
                • Other Food Establishments - 1 cluster causing 0 cases 
                • Travel & Lodging - 1 cluster causing 0 cases
              Stay safe. Stay informed.

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