Day 96: Excess Deaths and Excess Walmarts

Massachusetts' cases are up 2.5% today, to 72,025 cases, 4,420 deaths, and a total of four Walmarts closed (in Avon, Abington, Quincy and Worcester). The New York Times reported on excess deaths across the country. Because of lag, they mainly consider late March and early April, during which we were up 24%. New York was at 323% and New Jersey at 90%, but otherwise excess mortality was mild at worst.

Today is cities and towns data day. With many thanks to the MDPH, below is an updated map (or open in a new tab). If you switch to the Increase map layer, you can see our plateau in all its beige glory. While there's still a bit of activity in the southeast, most spots of color on the map are either small towns or numbers that were revised down (shown in gray).

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