Friday, January 7, 2022

Oh my! omicron driving new record, again this week

COVID-19 case counts continue to be driven by the omicron variant. Last week's positivity was 8%, this week we are at 17.06%. Yup, more than doubled.

Last week's positivity was 8%, this week we are at 17.06%

Yes, the chart doesn't look the same as last week for a rather significant reason: The Y axis scale has changed due to the rise in cases exceeding the prior view.  Last week's chart also show for comparison.

chart for week of 1/6/22 - note scale for Y axis vs for last week
chart for week of 1/06/22 - note scale for Y axis vs for last week

chart for week of 12/30/21 - note the Y axis scale is less than 80
chart for week of 12/30/21 - note the Y axis scale is less than 80

Make your own data visualization from this
https://app.flourish.studio/visualisation/4817758/

Boston Globe community coverage

Mass.gov COVID-19 page -> https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-response-reporting

The CDC page for COVID-19 tracking  -> https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home



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