Day 257: In the Red

Since last we met, the US has exceeded 8 million cases, and several small-to-middling countries have passed the China point, including Portugal, a nation of ten million (only 1/144th its size). Despite the best efforts of Maryland and Indiana, Massachusetts remains at #20 among the states in case count.

Speaking of Massachusetts, there has been much hand-wringing today over the increasing "redness" of the state. It's not about politics but about cities and towns with average daily case rates of 8 or more (per 100,000) over the past two weeks. In fact at 9 cases per 100k the whole state is currently in the red, with outliers having case rates of up to 100, so the current rating system doesn't say much about a particular town's performance. Bigger, denser cities have more cases for the obvious reasons.

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