Day 70 Retrospective: Even the Ya̧nomamö

PlagueBlog apologizes for being unavailable for day 70. (We are not infected.) Massachusetts was down in absolute case numbers, and went up by only 11%. Also the Governor signed a bill waiving the MCAS testing requirements this year. It's unclear whether MCAS high school graduation requirements (of having passed the tests) will also be waived. CNN reports that the feds are also investigating the Holyoke Soldier's Home:

According to the state's Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), which runs the facility, as of April 9, 69 residents and 68 staff had tested positive for coronavirus. Since March, 32 residents of the home have died with 28 of those testing positive for Covid-19.

On Friday, April 10th, Reuters reported that a fifteen-year-old Ya̧nomamö boy from Rehebe named Alvanei Xirixan died of coronavirus in a hospital in Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil. (The Yąnomamö are an indigenous tribe in the north of Brazil.) Some attempt to isolate other infected villagers is underway. Reuters also reported four infections among the Kokama tribe.