Fun with MA COVID-19 Reporting 28-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:  Childcare reclaims its throne as the youth-related clusters race to see who will reach 1.5 times the rest of the non-residential settings combined (they've already surpassed 1 time the sum).  K-12 Schools' clusters continue to outpace on a per-cluster basis though.  Hospitals multiplied their spread by 1.5 and Other Workplaces nearly tripled theirs (though both were relatively low before so...).

  • Child Tier
    • Child Care - 249 clusters causing 457 cases 
    • K-12 Schools - 93 clusters causing 426 cases 
      • High Tier
        • Social Gatherings - 38 clusters causing 96 cases 
      • MediumTier
          • Organized Athletics & Camps - 32 clusters causing 54 cases 
          • Hospitals - 14 clusters causing 53 cases
          • Colleges & Universities - 8 clusters causing 37 cases
          • Industrial Settings - 17 clusters causing 32 cases
          • Other Workplaces - 15 clusters causing 32 cases 
          • Recreational/Cultural - 7 cluster causing 25 cases
        • Low Tier
          • Places of Worship - 7 cluster causing 17 cases 
          • Offices - 6 clusters causing 13 cases
          • Other Healthcare - 8 cluster causing 12 cases
            • Retail & Services - 10 cluster causing 10 cases 
              • Travel & Lodging - 1 cluster causing 5 cases 
              • Other - 3 clusters causing 3 cases
              • Restaurants & Food Courts - 8 cluster causing 3 cases 
              • Other Food Establishments - 1 cluster causing 2 cases 
            Stay safe. Stay informed.

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