Covid by Dave

Mass Covid 19 update. Pretty bad day for deaths today. Cases ticked up, to 1,557 and they did 63,162 tests, so the Positive Test Rate ticked up to 2.5%. Deaths soared up, to seventeen. Ouch. Total Confirmed Cases: 704,834 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,884 Slight reduction in the hospitals today, with twelve people getting out, but seven more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers to 591 and 163, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. Pretty crappy weekend, but it could have been much worse. Cases dipped down a bit, coming in at 4,081 for the weekend, which works out to 1,360 per day, which is lower than the previous three days. They did 175,063 tests, so the Positive Test Rate stayed stable at 2.3%. Deaths came in at ten, which is 3.3 per day, so not as bad as it could have been. Three of the previous five days averaged 13 per day. We also crossed 700,000 cases today. Total Confirmed Cases: 703,277 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,867 More people went into the hospital over the weekend. Thirty one more people were admitted and seven more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 603 and 156, respectively. We haven't been above 600 people in the hospital since late April.

Mass Covid 19 update. Another day in the grind. Cases dipped down a little, to 1,591, and they did 65,137 tests, so the Positive Test Rate ticked up to 2.4%. Deaths dropped down from yesterday, to six. Total Confirmed Cases: 699,196 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,857 Moderate increases in the hospitals. Seven more people went into the hospital, and six more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 572 and 149, respectively. Florida now has 16,000 people in the hospital, so we're not doing that bad, but it's not good either. Compared to Massachusetts, adjusting for population, Florida has ten times as many people in the hospital as we do. Not adjusting for population, they have twenty eight times more people in the hospital.

Interesting situation with the Covid deaths in Massachusetts. They haven't spiked nearly as much as the cases have, and that's a good thing. Deaths have ticked up four out of the past five weeks, but they're still at half the levels of April thru mid-May, and less than a quarter of the levels of late March. Hopefully it will stay this way. Illness is one thing. Deaths are to be avoided at all costs, so let's hope the moderate trends continue.

Re-did my Massachusetts New Covid Cases per Week graph. Things had gotten really good for a while, but it started to uptick seven weeks ago, and it's gotten steadily worse ever since. We're not as bad off as we were in the beginning of April, but the trends are not good.

Mass Covid 19 update. Pretty crappy day with regards to cases and deaths, but at least the hospital and ICU population dipped. Cases jumped up, to 1,793, but they did 76,606, so the Positive Test Rate stayed moderate at 2.3%. Deaths jumped up again, to thirteen. Total Confirmed Cases: 697,605 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,851 Four people got out of the hospital today, and two got out of the ICU. At least that's a good thing. That brings those numbers down to 565 and 143, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. Not the worst day, but still not very good. Cases ticked up, to 1,400, but they did 63,646 tests, so the Positive Test Rate dropped down to 2.2%. Deaths dropped a lot too, to three. Total Confirmed Cases: 695,812 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,838 Not the worst day in the hospitals. Six people actually got OUT of the hospital today, the first such day in a long time. Five went into the ICU though. That brings those numbers to 569 and 145, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. Cases ticked up, to 1,290. They did 47,054 tests, so the Positive Test Rate ticked up to 2.7%. Deaths soared, up to sixteen. This is not good. Forty five more people went into the hospital, but only one more went into the ICU. That means that 575 people are in the hospital now and 140 are in the ICU.

Mass Covid 19 update. Pretty crappy weekend, especially in the hospitals. Cases actually ticked down, with 3,335 for the weekend, which averages out to 1111 per day, which is the lowest number in a week. They did 138,425 tests, so the Positive Test Rate stayed stable at 2.4%. Deaths stayed pretty low, with four for the weekend, which is only 1.3 per day. Total Confirmed Cases: 693,122 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,819 Bad weekend in the hospitals, especially the ICU. Sixty three more people went into the hospital, and thirty one more went into the ICU. Not good. That brings those numbers up to 530 and 139, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. Pretty crappy day today, especially in the hospitals. Cases ticked up, to 1,459, but they did 64,528 tests, so the Positive Test Rate dropped down to 2.3%. Deaths ticked up, to six. Total Confirmed Cases: 689,787 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,815 Really bad day in the hospitals. Twenty eight more people went into the hospital and fourteen more went into the ICU. Not good. That brings those numbers up to 467 and 108, respectively. This is the first time we've had more than 100 people in the ICU since the middle of May. Ouch.

Mass Covid 19 update. Slightly better today. Cases ticked down, to 1,373, but they only did 55,432 tests, so the Positive Test Rate ticked up to 2.5%. Deaths dropped down to four. Total Confirmed Cases: 688,328 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,809 Not too bad in the hospitals. Seven more people were admitted and five more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 439 and 94, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. Pretty nasty day today. Cases ticked up, to 1,452, but they did 62,290 tests, so the Positive Test Rate dropped down to 2.3%. Deaths jumped up, to eleven. Ouch. Total Confirmed Cases: 686,955 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,805 Relatively good day in the hospitals. Only four more people went into the hospital, but three more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 432 and 89, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. More crappiness today. Cases ticked up, to 1,254 and they did 47,047 tests, so the Positive Test Rate ticked up to 2.7%. Deaths ticked up to six. Total Confirmed Cases: 685,503 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,794 More incoming to the hospitals today. Another twenty six people went into the hospital and four more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 428 and 86, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. Things seem to be stabilizing a bit, but the hospitalizations are bad. Cases came in at 2,996 over the weekend, which is actually LESS than a thousand a day, which is good. They did 117,351 tests over the past three days, so the Positive Test Rate ticked up to 2.6%. Deaths dropped down quite a bit though, to six in three days, which is two a day, quite a bit lower than the previous four days, when they averaged ten and a half. Total Confirmed Cases: 684,249 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,788 Lots more people went into the hospital over the weekend, sixty eight to be exact. Things weren't as bad in the ICU, with only four new people. That brings those numbers up to 402 and 82, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. Not too bad a day, actually, all things considered. Cases dipped down a bit more, to 1,182, and they did 47,660 tests so the Positive Test Rate ticked up to 2.5%. Deaths stayed high, at eleven. We've now had 42 deaths in the last four days, ouch. Total Confirmed Cases: 681,253 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,782 It was a completely uneventful day in the hospitals. No new patients went in and nobody else went into the ICU. Hope this continues.

Mass Covid 19 update. Cases dipped a little, to 1,228, and they did 52,270 tests, so the Positive Test Rate dropped down to 2.3%. Deaths stayed high, at ten. Total Confirmed Cases: 680,071 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,771 Another bad day in the hospitals, with twenty nine more people going in. One got out of the ICU though, which is at least a little good. That brings those numbers to 375 and 85, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. Another crappy day in the neighborhood. Cases rose again, to 1,368, and they did 55,950 tests, so the Positive Test Rate dropped down to 2.4%. Deaths stayed very high, at eight. Total Confirmed Cases: 678,843 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,761 More people going into the hospital today, twelve to be exact. Plus another eight went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 346 and 86, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. More bad news today, especially with deaths. Cases ticked up from the weekend, coming in at 1,109, and they did 39,358 tests, so the Positive Test Rate ticked up to 2.8%. Deaths skyrocketed up to thirteen. Ouch. Total Confirmed Cases: 677,475 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,753 Twenty more people went into the hospital today, and two more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 334 and 78, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. Things are getting bad in the hospitals, but at least we had a reduction in cases. Cases came in at 2,587 for the weekend, which averages out to 862 per day, which is a reduction from the over a thousand a day we had the two previous days. They did 100,261 tests, so the Positive Test Rate ticked up to 2.6%. Deaths stayed low, at three for the weekend, or one per day. Total Confirmed Cases: 676,366 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,740 Not good news in the hospitals. Forty three people went into the hospital over the weekend, and fifteen more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 314 and 76, respectively.