Day 53: It's a Doozy

I was going to start out with Hong Kong's official report of a second pet case, detected earlier this week in a German Shepherd tested and quarantined on account of its sick owner, but the Massachusetts numbers are out for today and they're a bit much. We are up 382 cases (49%) to 1159, with two additional deaths. Middlesex County alone is over 300 cases, and Essex County is up-and-coming. There are 11 more travel cases, 16 more local transmissions, and an ever-growing backlog with the source under investigation. (Possibly included in the case count for today are the President of Harvard University and his wife; he emailed the community that he got their results back this morning.)

On the bright side, there's a full lab breakdown starting from yesterday, with 12 labs listed (plus, of course, an "other" category). Testing is up 54% over Sunday, with 13,749 tests performed. About 8% have been positive. Though there's been discussion of repeated testing of healthcare workers, this doesn't seem to be reflected in the table.

In case you didn't believe that was the bright side, CTV News reports that Spain has set up a temporary morgue on a Madrid ice rink, as well as field hospitals and military cleaning patrols.