Fun with MA COVID-19 Reporting 20-Jan-2022 Greater-Greater Somerville Edition

Just a friendly reminder that I'm using state numbers for total cases in reporting from each week but using a calculation that is a better approximation of the cases we've seen every 2 weeks by taking the totals from the report 2 weeks ago and comparing to the report of the week.  For an explanation of why this is more appropriate, read over my post about it: https://funwithmacovid-19reporting.blogspot.com/2020/10/why-weekly-community-numbers-reported.html

  • Blue - Less than 1.5 cases per 100,000 people per day (this is approximately the "Low transmission" from the CDC)
  • Green - Greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than 4 cases per 100,000 people per day (included in "Moderate transmission" spread from the CDC)
  • Yellow - Greater than or equal to 4 and less than 8 cases per 100,000 people per day (included in "Moderate transmission" spread from the CDC)
  • Orange - Greater than or equal to 8 and less than 16 cases per 100,000 people per day (this is approximately the "Substantial transmission" spread from the CDC)
  • Red - Greater than or equal to 16 and less than 24 cases per 100,000 people per day (this and above is approximately the "High transmission" spread from the CDC)
  • Maroon- Greater than or equal to 24 and less than 40 cases per 100,000 people per day
  • Purple- Greater than or equal to 40 and less than 64 cases per 100,000 people per day
  • Black - Greater than or equal to 64 and less than 100 cases per 100,000 people per day
  • Black w/Bold Italics - Greater than or equal to 100 and less than 200 cases per 100,000 people per day
  • Black w/Underlined Bold Italics - Greater than or equal to 200 and less than 300 cases per 100,000 people per day
  • Red Text w/Bold on Black - Greater than or equal to 300 and less than 400 cases per 100,000 people per day
  • Red Text w/Bold Italics on black - Greater than or equal to 400 and less than 500 cases per 100,000 people per day
  • Red Text w/Underlined Bold Italics on black - Greater than or equal to 500 cases per 100,000 people per day
Information closest to the city/town name is the most recent information and spans backward in time so that a comparison can be drawn of how we went from doing ok in the summer of 2020, to doing really badly over the winter, to doing really well in the spring of 2021, and then how we've done since.  We were able to get the spread down to "Low transmission" briefly in many areas while still in phase 3 of our re-opening plan so beating COVID-19 is entirely possible, we just have to try as a wider community to get there. 
  • City/Town
    • 06-Jan-2022 (date of report)
    • 30-Dec-2021 to 07-Oct-2021 
    • 30-Sep-2020 to 01-Jul-2021 
    • 24-Jun-2021 to 01-Apr-2021
    • 25-Mar-2021 to 07-Jan-2021
    • 31-Dec-2020 to 01-Oct-2020
    • 24-Sep-2020 to 27-Aug-2020
  • Amherst
    • 160.2 <- 119.4 <- 51.5
    • 30.9 <- 33.7 <- 37.6 <- 20.2 <- 10.5 <- 10.7 <- 7.6 <- 6.4 <- 5.0 <- 1.6 <- 2.7 <- 6.9 <- 17.4
    • 37.6 <- 83.0 <- 68.0 <- 12.8 <- 5.9 <- 5.7 <- 5.3 <- 3.9 <- 1.2 <- 1.8 <- 0.9 <- 1.1 <- 2.0
    • 0.9 <- 0.0 <- 0.2 <- 0.9 <- 2.7 <- 5.9 <- 6.4 <- 7.3 <- 11.9 <- 15.1 <- 16.5 <- 17.4 <- 20.4
    • 26.6 <- 39.0 <- 49.0 <- 59.3 <- 80.2 <- 118.0 <- 91.9 <- 26.6 <- 16.7 <- 24.5 <- 26.4 <- 23.1 
  • Arlington
    • 131.9 <- 146.2 <- 102.4
    • 55.5 <- 33.2 <- 25.9 <- 22.1 <- 14.7 <- 12.5 <- 12.2 <- 9.0 <- 7.5 <- 6.7 <- 5.8 <- 7.5 <- 8.0
    • 10.1 <- 12.2 <- 7.8 <- 8.1 <- 10.4 <- 9.7 <- 9.5 <- 7.3 <- 4.5 <- 3.9 <- 2.7 <- 1.3 <- 0.6 <- 0.0
    • 0.2 <- 0.5 <- 0.3 <- 0.9 <-1.6 <-2.5 <-3.6 <-3.4 <-4.8 <-8.6 <-11.1 <-10.6 <-10.1
    • 10.8 <-11.8 <-11.5 <-12.5 <-11.8 <-15.0 <-20.3 <-22.1 <-24.6 <-31.0 <-32.6 <-27.4
    • 27.4 <-26.6 <-31.3 <-27.6 <-13.5 <-10.6 <-7.5 <-6.4 <-6.7 <-3.9 <-0.9 <-2.2 <-3.0 <-1.9 
    • 2.5 <-2.7 <-1.4 <-0.6 <-0.6
  • Boston
    • 301.1 <- 336.3 <- 223.0
    • 122.8 <- 71.2 <- 48.7 <- 36.2 <- 25.4 <- 24.6 <- 19.4 <- 15.0 <- 12.9 <- 13.3 <- 14.5 <- 14.9 <- 16.1
    • 19.7 <- 24.9 <- 23.4 <- 19.9 <- 19.7 <- 17.6 <- 16.9 <- 15.2 <- 11.4 <- 7.8 <- 4.4 <- 2.0 <- 1.0 <- 1.0 
    • 1.0 <- 2.2 <- 2.8 <- 3.8 <-5.8 <-8.1 <-11.2 <-14.2 <-17.8 <-23.7 <-32.0 <-35.7 <-29.9
    • 23.3 <-22.4 <-23.2 <-23.7 <-24.8 <-29.5 <-36.9 <-47.8 <-56.5 <-69.0 <-72.2 <-60.6
    • -56.6 <-60.6 <-63.7 <-48.0 <-34.0 <-33.0 <-24.5 <-19.2 <-16.4 <-12.0 <-10.9 <-10.2 <-8.6 <-8.0 
    • 5.8 <-5.8 <-7.8 <-7.1 <- 6.6 
  • Cambridge
    • 249.3 <- 254.1 <- 167.3
    • 110.2 <- 69.5 <- 42.5 <- 31.1 <- 21.4 <- 19.2 <- 15.2 <- 11.0 <- 11.5 <- 12.3 <- 8.7 <- 8.0 <- 12.3
    • 16.6 <- 18.8 <- 18.4 <- 17.9 <- 17.1 <- 13.9 <- 11.4 <- 11.3 <- 11.4 <- 8.1 <- 4.0 <- 2.0 <- 0.9 <- 0.5 
    • 0.4 <- 1.7 <- 1.8 <- 1.4 <-2.4 <-3.1 <-5.7 <-8.7 <-12.5 <-19.5 <-20.9 <-21.9 <-22.1 
    • 16.3 <-15.8 <-15.7 <-13.7 <-12.8 <-13.6 <-20.1 <-28.1 <-32.9 <-34.1 <-32.6 <-27.9 
    • 26.0 <-28.9 <- 29.4 <-23.1 <- 23.5 <-20.1 <-9.9 <-5.8 <-3.9 <-4.2 <-3.7 <-2.7 <-3.1 <-3.0 
    • 2.4 <-1.8 <-1.6 <-2.2 <-2.3 
  • Chelsea
    • 487.4 <- 559.5 <- 312.5
    • 133.9 <- 77.6 <- 58.5 <- 41.4 <- 29.6 <- 22.1 <- 17.8 <- 16.8 <- 10.5 <- 8.7 <- 8.9 <- 11.2 <- 15.1
    • 20.3 <- 22.1 <- 14.1 <- 16.6 <- 21.7 <- 15.9 <- 16.5 <- 17.6 <- 12.0 <- 7.2 <- 4.5 <- 1.7 <- 1.7 <- 2.5 
    • 2.3 <- 1.7 <- 2.7 <- 7.9 <-13.9 <-15.3 <-17.4 <-28.5 <-42.0 <-42.7 <-39.1 <-31.3 <-23.0 
    • 20.7 <-19.0 <-28.1 <-37.1 <-39.1 <-46.4 <-56.7 <-83.2 <-109.5 <-132.0 <-137.4 <-125.2 
    • 124.2 <-135.2 <-152.5 <-106.4 <-70.7 <-73.8 <-60.5 <-48.0 <-34.9 <-26.9 <-30.2 <-24.3 <-18.6 <-20.5 
    • 20.9 <- 26.4 <-31.3 <-30.0 <-22.2 
  • Fitchburg
    • 278.6 <- 258.3 <- 155.7
    • 104.1 <- 103.6 <- 101.9 <- 79.2 <- 65.6 <- 56.3 <- 33.1 <- 28.5 <- 29.2 <- 31.0 <- 33.7 <- 37.0 <- 47.0
    • 52.1 <- 42.1 <- 26.5 <- 22.6 <- 24.4 <- 15.4 <- 8.8 <- 8.3 <- 6.27 <- 4.4 <- 3.1 <- 0.9 <- 0.9 <- 1.7 
    • 2.0 <- 3.1 <- 3.2 <- 4.8 <-7.6 <-12.0 <-16.1 <-21.5 <-24.1 <-22.4 <-23.2 <-21.7 <-18.8 
    • 19.8 <-20.5 <-27.0 <-32.6 <-27.1 <-28.5 <-38.3 <-47.5 <-57.8 <-81.9 <-95.3 <-80.5 
    • 81.1 <-85.0 <-81.9 <-62.6 <-50.5 <-56.4 <-50.2 <-41.0 <-25.6 <-6.9 <-3.9 <-2.5 <-1.5 <-1.5 
    • 2.5 <-3.2 <-2.4 <- 2.0 <-3.7 
  • Holliston
    • 209.2 <- 226.4 <- 144.2
    • 59.8 <- 45.3 <- 48.4 <- 40.1 <- 26.0 <- 18.2 <- 18.2 <- 16.1 <- 10.0 <- 13.5 <- 16.7 <- 13.0 <- 10.0
    • 13.5 <- 16.1 <- 10.4 <- 7.3 <- 12.5 <- 18.2 <- 18.7 <- 14.6 <- 9.9 <- 3.6 <- 0.5 <- 0.0 <- 0.0 <- 0.5 
    • 0.5 <- 1.0 <- 2.6 <- 2.6 <-1.6 <-4.1 <-10.4 <-12.5 <-14.1 <-16.7 <-16.7 <-16.1 <-15.1 
    • 18.2 <-19.3 <-17.7 <-17.7 <-14.1 <-15.1 <-19.3 <-28.6 <-40.0 <-48.9 <-51.5 <-45.4 
    • 46.3 <-38.5 <- 33.3 <-23.1 <-24.9 <-19.7 <-17.1 <-17.1 <-13.0 <-9.8 <-7.8 <-5.7 <-6.7 <-8.8 
    • 6.2 <-3.6 <-5.2 <-2.6 <-1.0 
  • Lawrence
    • 437.4 <- 583.4 <- 396.9
    • 162.1 <- 90.7 <- 77.7 <- 65.0 <- 46.5 <- 37.1 <- 30.6 <- 23.5 <- 18.0 <- 20.2 <- 21.2 <- 19.1 <- 22.2
    • 23.2 <- 25.3 <- 24.8 <- 23.0 <- 24.6 <- 21.4 <- 22.4 <- 18.6 <- 10.0 <- 6.4 <- 3.7 <- 2.5 <- 2.1 <- 2.2 
    • 2.4 <- 5.2 <- 8.5 <- 11.2 <-14.3 <-19.4 <-26.7 <-36.0 <-37.9 <-45.2 <-49.1 <-43.9 <-34.1 
    • 26.8 <-23.8 <-22.0 <-30.1 <-38.1 <-43.5 <-53.9 <-77.8 <-101.5 <-164.7 <-162.5 <-137.2 
    • 139.2 <-166.0 <-205.7 <-169.6 <-110.5 <-110.8 <-88.4 <-64.3 <-57.3 <-49.3 <-41.2 <-37.6 <-36.5 <-22.5 
    • 14.1 <-18.3 <-17.0 <-12.6 <-9.5 
  • Lowell
    • 343.5 <- 336.0 <- 171.5
    • 91.0 <- 85.6 <- 94.0 <- 81.2 <- 48.9 <- 37.3 <- 30.0 <- 25.4 <- 22.1 <- 18.7 <- 16.1 <- 19.4
    • 22.0 <- 22.8 <- 21.8 <- 19.9 <- 20.8 <- 19.0 <- 18.1 <- 16.8 <- 10.5 <- 5.5 <- 2.4 <- 1.7 <- 0.4 <- 0.1 
    • 2.2 <- 2.9 <- 3.7 <- 6.1 <-7.3 <-11.8 <-20.3 <-28.5 <-35.5 <-45.0 <-53.3 <-54.8 <-47.4 
    • 33.9 <-25.6 <-21.6 <-24.2 <-30.3 <-37.0 <-47.0 <-63.7 <-71.3 <-83.0 <-85.5 <-79.3 
    • 92.4 <-118.5 <- 139.1 <-110.0 <-81.9 <-67.4 <-46.1 <-29.8 <-19.7 <-13.9 <-15.2 <-16.7 <-12.3 <-8.1 
    • 6.4 <-6.1 <-4.3 <- 2.9 <- 2.8 
  • Lynn
    • 338.1 <- 404.6 <- 268.2
    • 134.4 <- 78.9 <- 67.2 <- 51.4 <- 32.0 <- 33.8 <- 30.5 <- 24.0 <- 21.8 <- 20.8 <- 20.5 <- 20.6 <- 23.7
    • 25.4 <- 21.5 <- 20.6 <- 21.1 <- 19.8 <- 17.6 <- 15.8 <- 12.1 <- 8.3 <- 5.2 <- 3.1 <- 1.9 <- 1.2 <- 2.3 
    • 4.0 <- 4.0 <- 3.3 <- 6.7 <-9.6 <-10.7 <-13.0 <-18.1 <-24.4 <-29.2 <-32.9 <-36.6 <-35.9 
    • 31.7 <-24.1 <-19.5 <-24.7 <-30.7 <-43.0 <-55.0 <-66.6 <-88.0 <-117.1 <-122.8 <-110.8 
    • 103.9 <-117.4 <-133.4 <-100.5 <-71.4 <-64.5 <-48.4 <-38.3 <-27.6 <-18.7 <-13.6 <-11.2 <-12.0 <-15.7 
    • 13.2 <-9.6 <-12.2 <-17.0 <-22.2 
  • Malden
    • 302.0 <- 331.8 <- 188.8
    • 88.1 <- 54.2 <- 46.1 <- 35.1 <- 24.3 <- 23.8 <- 20.3 <- 12.8 <- 11.4 <- 13.7 <- 12.8 <- 12.8 <- 16.1
    • 18.8 <- 16.5 <- 14.7 <- 12.7 <- 12.0 <- 15.5 <- 15.2 <- 12.5 <- 9.6 <- 5.2 <- 2.1 <- 1.4 <- 0.7 <- 0.7 
    • 2.3 <- 3.3 <- 3.5 <- 4.7 <-5.1 <-6.9 <-9.8 <-13.9 <-19.3 <-26.2 <-28.2 <-28.8 <-30.7 
    • 29.2 <-24.3 <-17.3 <-16.8 <-17.0 <-23.2 <-39.5 <-53.5 <-65.5 <-84.5 <-86.0 <-72.4 
    • 68.1 <-73.4 <-81 <- 64.0 <- 36.9 <-35.3 <-26.1 <-17.1 <-13.8 <-12.2 <-11.9 <-10.9 <-6.3 <-4.3 
    • 6.1 <-7.3 <-5.9 <-3.7 <-3.0 
  • Medford
    • 262.2 <- 297.8 <- 198.7
    • 107.8 <- 64.7 <- 47.5 <- 34.3 <- 27.4 <- 29.3 <- 25.4 <- 20.0 <- 19.2 <- 16.7 <- 13.9 <- 16.7 <- 18.6
    • 20.5 <- 23.5 <- 21.0 <- 16.0 <- 16.1 <- 16.7 <- 14.1 <- 10.2 <- 9.4 <- 9.3 <- 4.8 <- 1.2 <- 1.2 <- 1.5 
    • 1.2 <- 0.8 <- 3.5 <- 2.2 <-3.5 <-5.9 <-8.1 <-12.8 <-19.5 <-22.7 <-25.5 <-27.0 <-24.0 
    • 22.3 <-18.9 <-14.8 <-15.9 <-16.3 <-21.4 <-31.0 <-40.2 <-52.8 <-70.5 <-73.5 <-63.1 
    • 62.0 <-62.5 <- 67.1 <-53.8 <-26.4 <-24.1 <-18.8 <-11.6 <-8.8 <-7.2 <-6.9 <-5.8 <-4.8 <-4.7 
    • 4.7 <-5.4 <-4.1 <-3.3 <-4.1 
  • Quincy
    • 236.8 <- 255.9 <- 166.0
    • 91.3 <- 61.6 <- 46.6 <- 31.7 <- 22.7 <- 20.1 <- 15.4 <- 13.4 <- 13.3 <- 14.3 <- 14.1 <- 11.8 <- 11.1
    • 13.0 <- 13.7 <- 12.5 <- 15.6 <- 18.6 <- 16.0 <- 12.6 <- 8.6 <- 5.6 <- 4.2 <- 3.9 <- 2.3 <- 0.5 <- 0.4 
    • 0.3 <- 0.0 <- 0.8 <- 1.9 <-2.0 <-3.6 <-6.6 <-11.1 <-14.4 <-16.0 <-18.3 <-21.5 <-21.8 
    • 20.5 <-19.8 <-15.9 <-17.0 <-20.5 <-24.4 <-33.8 <-46.1 <-50.7 <-59.6 <-65.0 <-55.6 
    • 52.4 <-54.5 <- 55.8 <-41.9 <-19.3 <-13.6 <-10.3 <-8.5 <-6.9 <-6.3 <-6.9 <-6.4 <-4.8 <-3.7 
    • 3.2 <-2.9 <-2.6 <-3.3 <-2.8 
  • Salem
    • 255.9 <- 303.5 <- 211.7
    • 113.0 <- 79.0 <- 75.0 <- 57.0 <- 47.1 <- 49.3 <- 41.9 <- 31.3 <- 20.9 <- 20.3 <- 22.1 <- 17.3 <- 19.4
    • 24.0 <- 26.3 <- 23.6 <- 15.7 <- 15.4 <- 13.2 <- 11.6 <- 10.2 <- 6.4 <- 4.1 <- 2.7 <- 1.6 <- 0.6 <- 0.2 
    • 0.2 <- 1.0 <- 1.3 <- 3.7 <-8.7 <-13.0 <-14.6 <-15.9 <-19.4 <-23.3 <-26.8 <-25.2 <-19.7 
    • 16.3 <-20.0 <-18.6 <-19.0 <-27.8 <-32.8 <-34.3 <-50.9 <-69.0 <-86.8 <-89.2 <-73.5 
    • 77.6 <-86.9 <-88.7 <-70.8 <-50.6 <-41.9 <-28.2 <-16.8 <-9.8 <-6.5 <-5.9 <-6.7 <-6.5 <-4.4 
    • 3.8 <-4.9 <-4.9 <-6.5 <- 9.8 
  • Somerville
    • 227.8 <- 239.6 <- 162.2
    • 105.1 <- 65.6 <- 41.8 <- 32.3 <- 26.0 <- 21.3 <- 18.1 <- 16.9 <- 13.2 <- 11.3 <- 11.9 <- 12.4 <- 11.7
    • 17.2 <- 20.5 <- 15.7 <- 13.3 <- 14.5 <- 13.1 <- 11.8 <- 12.8 <- 10.1 <- 5.7 <- 3.2 <- 1.2 <- 1.5 <- 1.6 
    • 0.5 <- 0.9 <- 1.3 <- 3.1 <-4.2 <-5.4 <-8.2 <-10.6 <-12.8 <-17.1 <-23.0 <-23.9 <-25.2 
    • 24.6 <-20.9 <-18.2 <-18.7 <-20.8 <-21.7 <-27.9 <-33.2 <-40.2 <-54.7 <-56.5 <-43.2 
    • 40.3 <-48.4 <- 47.8 <-39.5 <-35.9 <-8.2 <-17.8 <-10.3 <-7.4 <-7.1 <-7.5 <-6.4 <-4.9 <-5.2 
    • 7.0 <-7.9 <-6.5 <-4.7 <-3.4 
  • Springfield
    • 444.3 <- 482.9 <- 308.7
    • 143.4 <- 100.1 <- 81.6 <- 62.5 <- 45.7<- 41.6 <- 32.8 <- 22.4 <- 20.2 <- 22.6 <- 24.1 <- 29.2 <- 36.6
    • 52.6 <- 63.3 <- 55.1 <- 51.8 <- 47.2 <- 38.4 <- 31.5 <- 21.5 <- 13.7 <- 9.2 <- 6.6 <- 2.5 <- 1.5 <- 1.9 
    • 1.7 <- 2.9 <- 5.8 <- 9.3 <-14.0 <-18.7 <-25.8 <-36.9 <-43.7 <-48.7 <-47.8 <-45.0 <-40.1 
    • 29.3 <-26.8 <-32.8 <-40.0 <-42.9 <-48.1 <-63.7 <-75.3 <-86.2 <- 101.2 <- 96.1 < -81.6 
    • 80.6 <-84.1 <- 93.0 <-80.4 <65.2 <-56.9 <-38.5 <-26.3 <-18.1 <-11.3 <-14.7 <-14.6 <-9.6 <-5.7 
    • 3.7 <-3.6 <-2.8 <-3.5 <- 4.5 
  • State
    • 260.7 <- 276.3 <- 178.7
    • 98.1 <- 71.7 <- 62.9 <- 50.2 <- 37.4 <- 32.4 <- 24.4 <- 19.1 <- 16.9 <- 17.7 <- 18.6 <- 18.5 <- 20.1
    • 22.6 <- 24.8 <- 23.4 <- 21.5 <- 20.2 <- 17.4 <- 15.7 <- 13.0 <- 9.3 <- 5.7 <- 3.1 <- 1.5 <- 0.9 <- 0.9 
    • 1.0 <- 1.6 <- 2.2 <- 3.6 <-5.7 <-8.2 <-11.6 <-15.2 <-19.2 <-23.8 <-27.1 <-28.5 <-26.5 
    • 22.2 <-19.5 <-19.2 <-20.7 <-23.2 <-29.2 <-37.3 <-47.6 <-58.3 <-73.8 <-77.0 <-64.9 
    • 61.7 <-64.9 <-68.1 <- 53.3 <- 35.5 <-31.2 <-22.4 <-16.3 <-12.7 <-9.3 <-8.5 <-7.6 <-6.2 <-5.1 
    • 4.4 <-4.4 <-4.5 <-4.0 <- 3.8
Number of cities/towns with each designation with my calculation:
  • Blue - 1 (2 fewer than last week) (Less than 1.5 cases per 100,000 people per day)
  • Green - 0 (same as last week) (Greater than 1.5 and less than 4 cases per 100,000 people per day)
  • Yellow - 0 (same as last week) (Greater than or equal to 4 and less than 8 cases per 100,000 people per day)
  • Orange - 0 (1 fewer than last week) (Greater than or equal to 8 and less than 16 cases per 100,000 people per day)
  • Red -  0 (1 fewer than last week) (Greater than or equal to 16 and less than 24 cases per 100,000 people per day) 
  • Maroon - 4 (4 more than last week) (Greater than or equal to 24 and less than 40 cases per 100,000 people per day)
  • Purple - 3 (2 fewer than last week) (Greater than or equal to 40 and less than 64 cases per 100,000 people per day)
  • Black - 18 (2 fewer than last week)(Greater than or equal to 64 and less than 100 cases per 100,000 people per day)
  • Black w/Italic Text - 138 (same as last week)(Greater than or equal to 100 and less than 200 cases per 100,000 people per day)
  • Black w/Underlined Bold Italics - 152 (6 more than last week) (Greater than or equal to 200 and less than 300 cases per 100,000 people per day)
  • Red Text w/Bold on Black - 30 (4 more than last week) (Greater than or equal to 300 and less than 400 cases per 100,000 people per day)
  • Red Text w/Bold Italics on black - 4 (5 fewer than last week) (Greater than or equal to 400 and less than 500 cases per 100,000 people per day)
  • Red Text w/Underlined Bold Italics on black - 1 (1 fewer than last week) (Greater than or equal to 500 cases per 100,000 people per day)
Couple quick notes: It's nice to see some of the cities/towns finally having reductions... but we're still in such bad shape that it's hard to feel good about it.  156 cities/towns got worse and 190 got better, though, and that's not nothing.

Have a city/town you'd like me to keep track of?  Let me know and I'll get started.

Stay safe. Stay informed. 

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Well, yesterday we had 2 weekdays under 1000 cases last week, today we have no weekdays under 1050, which means that there is NO day between May 19 and the start of last week that reaches the count of ANY weekday last week. This far exceeds my prediction that the average for the weekdays last week would have had 900+ cases by the close of this week... the average weekday cases was 1,111.6. Thursday of last week now has reached 1343 cases, which brings us back to May 12 looking for a day as bad. The week saw an average of 923 cases per day (Sunday has 327 and Saturday, which is still increasing, saw 581) which means we are no longer looking at the week of May 17 for a week that exceeded and now have to look at May 10. Oh, also, the comparison of the average from last week to the one before? Yeah, we increased by 30 percent! Month over month? We DOUBLED! Hospital usage, ICU usage, and intubation counts are all up too, so no bright spot there. The 3-day average hospital usage from exactly...
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