Weekly COVID-19 Data for Maynard, MA - Through 12/1/20

I'm not sure why, but instead of the usual 7 days of data, this update only contains 6 more days of data.  Due to Excel being, well, Excel, I had to put 12/2/20 as the value for the x-axis (instead of the true value of 12/1/20) in order for the date to show up.  I don't know whether the next update will include 7 days of data, or 8 days, to make up for this discrepancy.  I guess we'll find out by the end of the week when the state releases its next update.

Cases continue to rise (we're actually now at 205 as of yesterday - I will start graphing the daily data soon), but more concerning is the continued rise in % positivity.  We can expect it to increase further because increasing amounts of covid-19 are showing up in the wastewater in the Greater Boston area.  I wouldn't focus too much on the slight drop in the 14-day positive tests or incidence rate, esp. because testing was erratic right after Thanksgiving...though if it drops again in the next update, we might be seeing a trend.  But given the fact that in just 5 days we added 20 more cases (from 185 to 205), combined with the increase in % positivity, we are definitely *not* going in the right direction.