11/2/2020 Explanation of Changes_1 Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard- Monday, November 02, 2020 A NOTE ABOUT TODAY’S DASHBOARD Beginning today, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) is posting a revised COVID-19 daily dashboard. This revised dashboard will continue to provide critical information for the public’s understanding of the current and cumulative impact of the pandemic in Massachusetts, reflecting the metrics that are most useful to track on a daily basis. The Commonwealth already produces one of the most comprehensive public data reports on COVID-19 in the nation and includes detailed municipal-level, college and university, contact tracing, long-term care facilities, and, most recently, cluster data. This revised dashboard will help the public more easily access the Commonwealth’s growing amount of COVID-19 information as the Departments prepares to launch an interactive digital dashboard early next year. A key new data point presented in the dashboard is “Case Growth by Age Group,” which will help contextualize the impact of COVID on different age ranges over time. The Commonwealth is currently seeing a larger proportion of cases in younger people compared to earlier in the pandemic. The dashboard now includes the average turnaround time for COVID-19 test results to be reported to the Department, so contact tracing can begin. The dashboard also now reports the impact of university testing to greater clarify how this testing impacts the Commonwealth’s overall positivity rate and case numbers. Today’s updated dashboard provides a more granular look into the daily positivity rate. Since August, the Commonwealth’s universities have been conducting at least 25,000 daily tests of students, faculty, and staff. While this testing has helped to control the spread of COVID on college campuses, it has also impacted the overall positivity rate. Starting today, the dashboard will include three positivity rates: the overall state positivity rate, the positivity rate on college campuses, and the statewide positivity rate excluding on-campus testing. Many existing data points, including testing, deaths, and hospitalization rates, have been reorganized to report on current numbers, trends over the past six weeks, and trends going back to March. 1 1/1 11/2/2020 Public Health Indicators Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard- Monday, November 02, 2020 Dashboard of Public Health Indicators Total Cases By Age Group Testing and Cases from 10/17/20-10/30/20** Newly Reported Total New 7-Day Average Estimated Active Confirmed Cases Molecular Tests Positivity Cases 0-19 years 2,701 Reported 725 51,419 1.78% 16,561 20-29 years 2,566 Hospitalization 30-39 years 2,493 Total Confirmed Total Confirmed Average Age of COVID Patients in COVID Patients in Cases that were 40-49 years 2,057 Hospital ICU Hospitalized* 469 96 67 50-59 years 1,853 Deaths Turnaround Time 60-69 years 1,293 Newly Reported Average Age of 14-Day Average Turnaround (from Test Deaths among Deaths* Sample to Report to DPH)* 70-79 years Confirmed 606 9 81 2.1 80+ years 403 Note: For definitions, please see the Glossary at the end of this document in "Definitions and Disclaimers". Average age of hospitalized cases and deaths are calculated for a two week period covering 10/11/20 to 10/24/20. Please see the most current weekly dashboard for more details https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-response-reporting *Last updated Wednesday, October 28th; **Last updated Monday, November 2nd 2 1/1 11/2/2020 Public Health Indicators2 Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard- Monday, November 02, 2020 Percent of Change Since Dashboard of Public Health Indicators Lowest Observed Value (LOV) 7-Day Average 984 1,005 997 1,000 898 950 1,146 1,119 836 1,067 of New 773 811 1,103 1,047 698 708 944 632 633 639 655 680 Confirmed Cases 591 577 593 615 629 614 502% 500 581 574 607 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 LOV = 157 October Nov 7-Day Weighted 2.0% 1.7% 1.8% 1.6% 2.0% Average of Positive 1.5% 1.9% 1.9% 1.9% 1.9% 1.4% 1.5% 1.8% 1.8% 1.8% 1.5% 1.3% 1.3% 1.3% 1.4% 1.4% Molecular Test Rate* 1.2% 1.2% 1.2% 1.3% 130% 1.2% 1.1% 1.1% 1.1% 1.1% 1.2% 1.0% 1.1% 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 October Nov LOV = 0.8% 7-Day Average of 397 375 381 387 Number of 400 355 361 369 339 347 407 420 320 322 323 319 319 322 327 332 COVID-19 Patients 303 312 317 285 295 171% 300 264 269 276 in Hospital** 255 259 318 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 October Nov LOV = 155 7-Day Average 20 20 20 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 of COVID-19 17 17 20 20 20 16 17 20 Deaths*** 15 15 59% 15 14 17 17 17 13 13 13 13 13 15 13 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 October LOV = 11 *Calculated from total molecular tests for all of MA; **Includes only confirmed cases of COVID-19; ***Includes deaths in only confirmed cases of COVID-19 Note: LOV = Lowest observed value, i.e. the lowest value the public health indicator has been since tracking started on April 15, 2020. Due to data lags, counts for most recent dates are likely incomplete, and thus measures are subject to change. 3 1/1 11/2/2020 Contents_TestingCases Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard- Monday, November 02, 2020 Contents Testing and Cases Hospitalization Deaths Demographics, Activities, and Key Settings Definitions and Disclaimers 4 1/1 11/2/2020 Testing Trends Molecular % Pos Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard- Monday, November 02, 2020 Testing by Date - Molecular (Percent Positive) 7-Day Weighted Average of Percent of Tests By Molecular Method that are Positive by Test Date MA Statewide (metric on p.2) MA Higher Education Only MA with Higher Education Tests Removed 9% 8.15% 8% 7.55% 7.17% 6.69% 7% 6.20% 5.75% 6% 5.34% 4.92% 5% 4.53% 4.09% 4% 3.42% 3.22% 3.02% 2.83% 3% 2.43% 2.51% 2.20% 2.12% 1.99% 2.05% 1.78% 1.67% 1.70% 1.66% 1.73% 1.66% 1.71% 2% 1.61% 1.60% 1.55% 1.59% 1.33% 1.36% 1.10% 0.95% 1.07% 0.83% 0.83% 0.77% 1% 0.09% 0.07% 0.09% 0.11% 0.05% 0.13% 0.10% 0.06% 0.11% 0.10% 0.12% 0% Jun 2020 Jul 2020 Aug 2020 Sep 2020 Oct 2020 Nov 2020 Data Sources: COVID-19 Data provided by the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences; Tables and Figures created by the Office of Population Health. Note: all data are current as of 8:00am on the date at the top of the page. Due to lag in reporting by laboratories, counts for most recent dates are likely to be incomplete. This includes individuals who have had more than one molecular test. 5 1/1 11/2/2020 Cases to Date_conf Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard- Monday, November 02, 2020 Daily Confirmed Cases (Since March) Confirmed COVID-19 Cases To Date by Date Individual Tested Confirmed Cases by Date 7-Day Average Confirmed Case Count 3,000 Total Confirmed Cases 2,500 156,385 2,000 1,500 Average Daily Incidence Rate Per Confirmed Case Count 1,000 100,000 (last 14 days)* 11.8 500 0 Mar 2020 May 2020 Jul 2020 Sep 2020 Nov 2020 Data Sources: COVID-19 Data provided by the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences; State Population Estimate 2019: Small Area Population Estimates 2011-2020, version 2019, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Environmental Health; Tables and Figures created by the Office of Population Health. Note: all data are current as of 8:00am on the date at the top of the page. Due to lag in reporting by laboratories, counts for most recent dates are likely to be incomplete. *Last updated Wednesday, October 28th; Covers 10/11/20 to 10/24/20 6 1/1 Note: alldata arecurrentasof8:00am onthedateattop Health. andFigurescreated bytheOfficeofPopulation Data providedbytheBureau ofInfectiousDisease andLaboratorySciences; Tables Data Sources: COVID-19 Confirmed Case Count 1,200 1,400 1,000 11/2/2020 200 400 600 800 0 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 508 560 Daily Confirmed Cases (Past 6Weeks) Daily Confirmed Cases (Past Dashboard- Massachusetts Department PublicHealthCOVID-19 of 597 September 551 364 224 867 716 610 679 Confirmed COVID-19Cases byDateIndividual Tested of thepage.