Covid by Dave

Mass Covid 19 update. Things keep getting worse. Cases rose again today, to 962, and they did 43,645 tests, so the Positive Test Rate dropped down to 2.2%. Deaths spiked up too, to five. Total Confirmed Cases: 671,622 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,733 Another very bad day in the hospitals. Nineteen more people went into the hospital and seven more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 245 and 58, respectively. We haven't had this many people in the hospital since back in May.

Mass Covid 19 update. More elevated cases today. Cases ticked up, to 883, and they did 33,448 tests, so the Positive Test Rate ticked up to 2.6%. Deaths stayed low at two. Total Confirmed Cases: 670,660 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,728 Another bad day in the hospitals. Eleven more people went into the hospital, and one more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 226 and 51, respectively.

I did this on a comment on a post, but it's important enough to repeat here. In Massachusetts, only 1% of new cases are among the vaccinated. 99% are unvaccinated people. Here is the article with the data: https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/covid-19-vaccine-breakthrough-cases-data-from-the-states/

Mass Covid 19 update. More grim news, but at least deaths are low. Cases came in at 2,054 for the past three days, which is an average of 685 per day, which is down a bit from the 742 and 844 we had the two previous days. They did 81,483 tests, which made the Positive Test Rate jump up to 2.5%. Deaths were very low though, coming in at two over three days, which is an average of 0.66 per day, which is much lower than it's been the past few days. Total Confirmed Cases: 669,777 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,726 Another bad situation in the hospitals. Twenty eight more people went into the hospital over the weekend, and ten went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 215 and 50, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. More bad news today. Cases ticked up, to 844, and they only did 38,616 tests so the Positive Test Rate jacked up to 2.2%. Deaths dropped down to three. Total Confirmed Cases: 667,723 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,724 Another bad day in the hospitals. Twenty one more people went into the hospital and one more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 197 and 40, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. This is not getting better, indeed the contrary. Cases shot up to 742, and they did 40,967 tests, so the Positive Test Rate rose to 1.8%. Deaths rose too, to eight. Total Confirmed Cases: 666,879 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,721 Another bad day in the hospitals. Thirteen more people went into the hospital and three more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 176 and 39, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. More bad news today, but not quite as bad as yesterday. Cases dipped down slightly, to 598, and they did more tests, 41,117 to be exact, so the Positive Test Rate dropped down to 1.5%. Deaths dipped down from yesterday, at six. Total Confirmed Cases: 666,137 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,713 Another bad day in the hospitals. Eleven more people went into the hospital and three more went into the ICU. Don't like these trends. That brings those numbers to 163 and 36, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. More very bad news today. Cases shot up, to 657, and they did 31,281 tests, so the Positive Test Rate shot all the way up to 2.1%. Deaths skyrocketed up to 12. Total Confirmed Cases: 665,539 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,707 More bad news in the hospitals, with seven more people going in. There was only one more person going into the ICU, so at least that's moderately good. That brings those numbers to 152 and 33, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. Pretty brutal news today. Cases weren't too bad, coming in at 1,243 for the past three days, which averages to 414/day. The previous three days they were averaging 507. They did 74,843 tests, which jacked the Positive Test Rate up to 1.7%. Deaths came in at seven, which is 2 and a third a day. Total Confirmed Cases: 664,882 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,695 Very bad news in the hospitals. Thirty one more people were admitted over the weekend, but only three more went into the ICU. This is not good. That brings those numbers up to 145 and 32, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. More rising cases today, but we got a break in the hospitals. Cases ticked up, to 586, but they did a lot more tests today, 50,456 to be exact, so the Positive Test Rate dropped down to 1.2%. Deaths stayed high, at five. Total Confirmed Cases: 663,639 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,688 Four people got out of the hospital today, and seven got out of the ICU, so it was a pretty good day in the hospitals. That brings those numbers down to 114 and 29, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. More grim news today. Cases stayed high, at 477, and they did 34,750 tests so the Positive Test Rate ticked up to 1.4%. Deaths shot up to six. Total Confirmed Cases: 663,053 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,683 Some regressing going on in the hospitals. Eleven more people went into the hospital today, and two more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 118 and 36, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. Another crappy day in the surge. Cases jumped up, to 457, but they did more tests, 36,110 to be exact, so the Positive Test Rate dropped down to 1.3%. Deaths dropped down from yesterday, at two. Total Confirmed Cases: 662,576 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,677 Seven more people went into the hospital today, and one more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 107 and 34, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. Not a good day today. Cases jumped up, to 366, and they did 24,834 tests, so the Positive Test Rate jumped up to 1.5%. Deaths jumped up too, to six. Total Confirmed Cases: 662,119 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,675 Six people got out of the hospital today, but two more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers to 100 and 33, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. This for the past three days, because the state doesn't publish data on the weekends any more. Cases stayed steady, at 717, which is 239 per day. They did 61,480 tests over the weekend, which made the Positive Test Rate shoot all the way up to 1.2%. Deaths stayed low, at four, which is one and a third per day. Total Confirmed Cases: 661,753 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,669 One person got out of the hospital and three got out of the ICU. That brings those numbers down to 106 and 31, respectively.