Fun with MA COVID-19 Reporting 30-Nov-2021 edition

The week of Thanksgiving 2020 we saw a slight dip in the case count from the preceding week (a 0.65% reduction... 2605 cases per day down from 2622 per day)... and then we saw a 78% increase the week after (4644 cases per day).  The Monday and Tuesday prior to Thanksgiving had more cases than any single day the week prior and that Friday had more cases than any but one day the week prior.  Thursday, shockingly, saw a distinction from the rest of the weekdays, with 445 cases (compared to the 2,944 to 3,791 cases each of the other weekdays had)

Past is prologue, right?  

With the case counts still ticking up, we see that the Monday last week had a higher single-day case count than any day going back through January 27, 2021, Tuesday had higher single-day case counts than any day going back through February 4, 2021, and Wednesday already has a higher count than all but 3 days from February 9, 2021 through November 14, 2021.  With days to go before the numbers settle down from last week, the case count is close to that of the week prior (2242.7 cases per day last week versus 2470.6 the week prior), and that's with only 340 cases being reported on Thanksgiving.

Oh, and hospitalizations didn't take a vacation.  Three weeks ago, after several weeks of slightly decreasing patients in hospitals, we saw an average increase in headcount of 6.1 patients per day, two weeks ago it was 18.6 patients per day, and last week it was 20.2.   With Sunday seeing an increase of 27 and Monday seeing an increase of 57, we now have more patients in the hospital than any time going back through February 21, 2021.  With 190 patients in the ICU, you'd have to go back to February 26 to find those units as full.

Stay safe. Stay informed.

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