Fun with COVID-19 reporting in MA (and elsewhere)

Let's take another look at how states are doing. One quick note, when doing my outside MA reporting, I always use the "report date" instead of the more accurate "test date" data that I use for the MA reporting ("report date" data are just easier to locate). Color coding for cases/100k per day 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 cas...

It's been a couple weeks so let's take another comparison of how states are doing. One quick note, when doing my outside MA reporting, I always use the "report date" instead of the more accurate "test date" data that I use for the MA reporting ("report date" data are just easier to locate). Color coding for cases/100k per day 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 th...

It's been a couple weeks so let's take another 14-day comparison of how states are doing. One quick note, when doing my outside MA reporting, I always use the "report date" instead of the more accurate "test date" data that I use for the MA reporting ("report date" data are just easier to locate). Color coding for cases/100k per day 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  - Gre...

It's been a couple weeks so let's take another 14-day comparison of how states are doing. One quick note, when doing my outside MA reporting, I always use the "report date" instead of the more accurate "test date" data that I use for the MA reporting ("report date" data are just easier to locate). Color coding for cases/100k per day 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  - Gre...