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Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard- Saturday, December 12, 2020
Reported
4,968 99,719 5.60% 67,754 20-29 years 9,746
69
50-59 years
1,670 334
7,141
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 11/22/2020 to 12/5/2020. Please
see the most current weekly dashboard for more details https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-response-reporting
Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard- Saturday, December 12, 2020
Dashboard of Public Health Indicators Percent of Change Since
Lowest Observed Value (LOV)
7-Day Average of
4,107
New Confirmed 4,000 3,692 4,448 4,717 4,605 4,650 4,669 4,448 3,729
Cases
2,546 2,583 2,585 2,619 2,627 2,636 2,731 2,733 2,604 2,685
2,955
3,248
1,828%
2,361 2,416 2,452 2,501 2,368 2,442
3,022
2,000 2,626
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
November
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6
December
7 8 9 10 11 LOV = 157
7-Day Weighted
6.0% 6.0% 6.0% 5.8%
5.7% 5.9% 5.7%
Average of Positive 6% 5.2%
Molecular Test Rate*
3.7% 3.9%
4.3%
4.6% 4.8% 5.9% 5.9% 6.2%
5.6% 623%
4% 3.4% 3.5% 3.5% 3.5% 3.5% 3.4% 3.4% 3.4% 3.3% 3.3% 3.3% 3.4%
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
November December LOV = 0.8%
7-Day Average of 2,000
1,563
Number of 1,458 1,498
1,264 1,312 1,361 1,413
1,151 1,210
COVID-19 Patients
1,000 724 756 792 823 850 872 892 909 918 918 936 958 985 1,021 1,055 1,100 1,529
907%
in Hospital** 617 641 665 693
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
November December LOV = 155
7-Day Average of 40
43
39 40
47
COVID-19 40 35 36 46 45 45
Deaths***
24 24 26 27 26 26 25 27 27 27 28 28 29 30
32 33
326%
23 23 32
26
20
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
November December
LOV = 11
*Calculated from total molecular tests for all of MA; **Includes only confirmed cases of COVID-19 in acute hospitals and alternate care sites; ***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
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12/12/2020 Testing Trends Molecular % Pos
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8.15% 8.11%
7.78% 7.67% 8%
7.55%
7.17%
6.96%
6.70% 7%
6.43%
6.20% 6.15%
5.76% 5.71% 6%
5.55% 5.60%
5.34% 5.24% 5.24%
5.20%
4.92% 4.82% 4.76% 5%
4.53%
4.38% 4.29%
4.09% 4.04%
3.67% 4%
3.42% 3.51%
3.40%
3.04% 3.09%
2.83%
2.66% 3%
2.43% 2.50%
2.12% 2.24%
1.99% 2.05%
1.92%
1.69% 1.75% 1.66% 1.73% 2%
1.60% 1.60% 1.59% 1.59%
1.36%
1.19% 1.10%
1.07%
0.85% 0.81% 0.77% 1%
0.51% 0.45%
0.29% 0.39%
0.09% 0.07% 0.09% 0.11% 0.05% 0.13% 0.10% 0.06% 0.11% 0.12%
0%
Jun 2020 Jul 2020 Aug 2020 Sep 2020 Oct 2020 Nov 2020 Dec 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 11:59pm on 12/11/2020. 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.
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12/12/2020 Cases to Date_conf
Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard- Saturday, December 12, 2020
Total Confirmed
6K Cases
5K 274,897
Confirmed Case Count
4K
3K
Average Daily
Incidence Rate Per
100,000 (last 14 days)*
2K
1K
50.0
0K
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 11:59pm on 12/11/2020. Due to lag in reporting by laboratories, counts for most recent dates are
likely to be incomplete.
*Last updated Wednesday, 12/9/2020; Covers 11/22/2020-12/5/2020. 5
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5K
Confirmed Case Count
4K
3K
2K
1K
297
1,837
1,907
2,177
2,419
2,239
1,326
3,177
2,820
2,664
2,989
2,608
1,712
1,193
3,522
3,135
2,922
3,000
2,851
1,767
1,187
3,593
3,794
2,940
3,364
2,903
1,753
5,485
5,843
6,051
5,738
5,245
2,123
2,063
5,622
4,293
3,662
3,094
871
522
943
446
0K
31 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Oct November December
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.
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5% 5%
6% 5%
6% 6%
6%
8%
10%
5%
11%
12%
5%
12%
5%
12%
12%
5%
12%
5%
12%
5%
5%
13%
5%
5%
9%
5%
6%
5%
15%
16%
16%
18%
18%
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8%
9%
9%
8%
13%
8%
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8%
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9%
8%
9%
8%
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9%
10%
9%
7%
10%
7%
10%
9%
8%
10%
9%
10%
10%
8%
9%
8%
Percent of Total 7 Day Average Positive Tests
9%
9%
9%
12%
80%
14%
11%
9%
10%
13%
12%
12%
14%
13%
13%
12%
14%
13%
13%
14%
14%
13%
14%
14%
11%
13%
14%
11%
12%
15%
14%
14%
15%
12%
15%
13%
13%
14%
12%
13%
12%
13%
13%
19%
13%
28%
14%
13%
14%
12%
13%
14%
13%
14%
14%
18%
14%
14%
12%
13%
16%
14%
15%
14%
15%
14%
14%
15%
15%
11%
13%
14%
19%
60%
14%
16%
14%
13%
15%
14%
15%
16%
14%
15%
14%
16%
15%
11%
17%
12%
18%
18%
18%
17%
24%
16%
17%
18%
17%
19%
17%
20%
17%
17%
13%
17%
16%
17%
17%
17%
19%
18%
17%
18%
15%
13%
14%
14%
13%
16%
17%
15%
16%
16%
15%
40%
14%
16%
14%
17%
34%
15%
14%
14%
13%
23%
15%
15%
21%
15%
15%
17%
23%
24%
18%
15%
20%
22%
21%
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18%
21%
21%
22%
20%
23%
19%
23%
20%
20%
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23%
23%
19%
25%
20%
15%
24%
14%
21%
13%
14%
20%
13%
20%
18%
15%
14%
15%
15%
11%
15%
14%
19%
13%
20%
13%
20%
20%
14%
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19%
18%
18%
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17%
17%
17%
17%
17%
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11%
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16%
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11%
14%
13%
12%
10%
9%
9%
8%
8%
8%
8%
6%
6%
5%
0%
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
ar- ar- ar- ar- ar- Apr- Apr- Apr- Apr- ay- ay- ay- ay- ay- Jun- Jun- Jun- Jun- -Jul- -Jul- -Jul- -Jul- ug- ug- ug- ug- ug- Sep- Sep- Sep- Sep- Oct- Oct- Oct- Oct- ov- ov- ov- ov- ov- ov-
-M -M -M -M -M 5- - - - M M M M M - - - - 05 12 19 26 2-A 9-A 6-A 3-A 0-A 6- - - - - - - - N N N N N N
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80,000
20,000
890
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 11:59pm on 12/11/2020. 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.
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Testing by Date - Molecular (Total Tests Conducted Past 6 Weeks)
Total Number of Molecular Tests Performed by Date
140,000 First Molecular Test Per Individual Molecular Tests that are Repeated in Individuals
129,591
101,519 125,135
121,229
120,000 116,725 116,647
115,887
109,387 110,525 110,569
107,656 106,402
104,781
101,915 104,030 104,478
98,736
100,000 96,084 95,346 94,744
90,389
87,070
84,134
New Test Count
64,289
60,043
60,000
51,667
46,924
40,289 39,983
40,000 37,964 36,134
35,760 35,279
32,536 32,673 33,865
29,893
20,000
6,892 5,425
0
31 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Oc… November December
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 11:59pm on 12/11/2020. 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.
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12/12/2020 Probables
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321 10,828
3 250
Data Sources: COVID-19 Data provided by the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences and the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics; Tables and Figures created by the Office of Population Health Note: all data are
cumulative and current as of 11:59pm on 12/11/2020. Due to ongoing data cleaning efforts, the number of newly reported cases may not exactly match the change in total cases from the previous day. For the COVID-19 probable case
definition, please see the Glossary at the end of this document in 'Definitions and Disclaimers'. 10
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351
3,500
251
287
287
457
464
427
321
3,000
352
250
273
380
237
210
439
176
416
241
309
2,500
194
161
163
243
New Test Count
189
307
206
289
402
173
175
2,000
219
164
275
104
348
292
276
246
114
1,500
177
108
1,000
500
47
1,593
1,436
2,206
2,222
2,220
2,656
2,206
1,675
1,765
2,554
2,781
2,759
2,855
2,299
1,883
2,126
3,159
3,262
2,473
2,709
2,448
1,986
2,104
2,736
3,120
3,549
2,523
2,234
2,902
2,520
1,610
2,958
1,703
1,535
1,598
2,063
2,676
2,817
1,538
944
894
299
0
31 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Oct November December
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 11:59pm on 12/11/2020. Due to lag in reporting by laboratories, counts for most recent dates are likely to be incomplete. 11
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12/12/2020 Confirmed Hospital All
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3,500
3,000
2,500
Hospitalizations
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
May 2020 Jun 2020 Jul 2020 Aug 2020 Sep 2020 Oct 2020 Nov 2020 Dec 2020
Data Sources: COVID-19 Data provided by the MDPH survey of hospitals (hospital survey data are self-reported); Tables and Figures created by the Office of Population Health.
Notes: data are current as of 3:00pm on 12/11/2020. For purposes of this reporting, “confirmed” are cases with a PCR test. Hospitalization data includes alternate care sites beginning on December 6, 2020. Data prior to July 22, 2020
include both confirmed and suspected COVID hospitalizations, as confirmed COVID hospitalizations were not reported separately during this time.
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12/12/2020 Cases Reported Hospitalized Trend
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80
68 70
65 65
Hospitalizations Count
60
59
1,000 Confirmed COVID-19
54
50 Cases Currently
41
44 Hospitalized
40 36 34 36
33 33 32 32 32
1,670
30 29 31
26 24 24 500
22 20 20
16 17 18 17
20 15
2 2 2
0 0
-4 -2
Data Sources: COVID-19 Data provided by the MDPH survey of hospitals (hospital survey data are self-reported); Tables and Figures created by the Office of Population Health.
Notes: data are current as of 3:00pm on 12/11/2020. For purposes of this reporting, “confirmed” are cases with a PCR test. Hospitalization data includes alternate care sites beginning on December 6, 2020.
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12/12/2020 Cases Reported ICU Intubated
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25 25 300
20 17 16 17 Count of Cases
14 15
13 13 200
10 9
12 Currently in ICU
10 7 8 8 8 8
6 5 6 5 100
3 3 3 4
0
0
-1
2
-1
2
0 0 1
-5
2
0 334
-3 -2 -2 -2 -3 -2 -1
31 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Oct November December
16 150
11
10
10 8
9
100 Currently
5 3
4
3
4 4
3
4
3 3 3
4 4
6
5
50
Intubated
2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1
0
-1 -4
0
-1 -1 -1
0
-1 -1 -4
-3
-4
-3
0
170
-5 -50
31 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Oct November December
Data Sources: COVID-19 Data provided by the MDPH survey of hospitals (hospital survey data are self-reported); Tables and Figures created by the Office of Population Health.
Notes: data are current as of 3:00pm on 12/11/2020. 15
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Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard- Saturday, December 12, 2020
14%
80%
By Region
100%
2,951 1,129 1,504 1,070 1,525 1,186
10% 11% 13% 16% 17%
22%
60% 80%
Percent of Beds
Percent of Beds
60%
86%
40%
90% 89% 87%
40% 84% 83%
78%
20% 20%
0%
Boston Central Metro West Northeast Southeast West
0%
Total Occupied non-ICU Beds Available non-ICU Beds (including Surge)
Previously these graphs were based on rounded bed counts. As of 12/11/2020, they display the bed counts as reported.
Occupancy/ availability as reported by hospitals to DPH.
Regions shown represent EOHHS Regions. Note that total bed estimates may change day-to-day due to hospitals updating surge planning. As of June 16th,data reflects updated data collection methodology and the removal of
unstaffed beds from this analysis. Analysis here reflects total beds that hospitals could staff within 12-24 hours. As of 9/8/20, all observation beds and observation status patients are included in the Available Non-ICU Beds and
Occupied Non-ICU Beds categories. 16
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26%
80%
By Region
100%
507 257 217 112 207 159
17% 15%
24%
29%
60% 80% 35%
Percent of Beds
46%
Percent of Beds
60%
40%
74%
40% 83% 85%
76%
71%
65%
54%
20% 20%
0%
Boston Central Metro West Northeast Southeast West
0%
Total Occupied ICU Beds Available ICU Beds (including Surge)
Previously these graphs were based on rounded bed counts. As of 12/11/2020, they display the bed counts as reported.
Occupancy/ availability as reported by hospitals to DPH.
Regions shown represent EOHHS Regions. Note that total bed estimates may change day-to-day due to hospitals updating surge planning. As of June 16th, data reflects updated data collection methodology and the removal
of unstaffed beds from this analysis. Analysis here reflects total beds that hospitals could staff within 12-24 hours. As of 9/8/20, all observation beds and observation status patients are included in the Available Non-ICU Beds
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180
160
140
Total Deaths
Among Confirmed
Confirmed Deaths
120
Cases
100
80 11,057
60
40
20
0
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 11:59pm on 12/11/2020. 19
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2
50
2
1
3
2
1
40 Total Deaths in
COVID-19 Cases
New Death Count
1
30
11,307
1
1
1
1
1
1
20
3
10
19
12
20
24
16
29
24
13
26
20
24
25
31
24
19
27
31
29
24
26
19
31
27
29
35
27
29
25
39
41
27
41
46
33
44
49
43
47
58
39
48
31
0
30 31 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
October November December
Date of Death
Data Sources: COVID-19 Data provided by the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences and the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics; Tables and Figures created by the Office of Population Health.
Note: all data are current as of 11:59pm on 12/11/2020; *Counts on the trend chart do not match total number of deaths reported, as there is a several day lag in reporting by date of death. Includes both probable and confirmed cases.
For confirmed and probable case definitions, please see the Glossary at the end of this document in 'Definitions and Disclaimers'. 20
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Deaths
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12/12/2020 Trends Higher Ed Molecular Positive All
Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 Dashboard- Saturday, December 12, 2020
All Molecular COVID-19 Tests Associated with Higher Education Testing
7-Day Average Total Molecular Tests by Date 7-Day Average Total Positive Molecular Tests by Date
MA without Higher Education Higher Education MA without Higher Education Higher Education
100K
5K
4K
60K
3K
40K
2K
20K
1K
0K 0K
Sep 2020 Oct 2020 Nov 2020 Dec 2020 Sep 2020 Oct 2020 Nov 2020 Dec 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 11:59pm on 12/11/2020. 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.
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Data Sources: COVID-19 Data provided by the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences and the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics; Tables and Figures created by the Office of Population Health.
Note: all data are cumulative and current as of 11:59pm on 12/11/2020. Data includes nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, and rest homes.
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Data Sources: COVID-19 Data provided by the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences and the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics; Tables and Figures created by the Office of Population Health.
Note: all data are current as of 11:59pm on 12/11/2020. Includes both probable and confirmed cases. For the COVID-19 probable case definition, please see the Glossary at the end of this document in Definitions and Disclaimers.
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Department of Corrections as required by Chapter 93 of the Acts of 2020, previously found in this
dashboard, are available at https://www.mass.gov/guides/doc-coronavirus-information-guide and
on the dashboard website: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-response-reporting under
“Additional COVID-19 data.”
Direct links to the DOC information found on those pages include:
-Inmate data - https://www.mass.gov/info-details/doc-covid-19-inmate-dashboard
-Staff data - https://www.mass.gov/lists/doc-covid-19-staff-testing-reports
-Inmate Housing Reports - https://www.mass.gov/lists/doc-covid-19-institution-cell-housing-reports
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Glossary of Terms
Please Note: the following terms and definitions apply to COVID-19 only.
Case Definition: A standard set of criteria (including symptoms, laboratory tests and exposure) used to count persons who may have COVID-19. Case definitions tell public health professionals which people
with disease to count; they don’t tell healthcare providers how to diagnose or treat COVID.
Confirmed Case: A person is counted as a confirmed case of COVID-19 if they have a positive molecular test.
Probable Case: A person is counted as a probable case in three ways:
1. if they have a positive antigen test;
2. if they have COVID symptoms AND were exposed to someone with COVID;
3. if they died and their death certificate lists COVID as a cause of death.
More complete information about the COVID-19 case definition may be found here: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.cste.org/resource/resmgr/ps/positionstatement2020/Interim-20-ID-02_COVID-19.pdf
COVID-19 Antigen Test: This test identifies the presence of proteins on the surface of the virus. These diagnostic tests are somewhat less accurate (i.e., low sensitivity) than molecular tests but a positive result
is suggestive of current infection.
COVID-19 Molecular Test: Also known as a PCR test. This diagnostic test identifies the presence of virus’s genetic material. These tests are very accurate and a positive result means someone has current or
very recent infection.
Estimated active cases: Patients with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis in the last 21 days.
Testing by Date: This refers to the date the sample (usually nasal swab or blood) was taken. Most reports and figures in this dashboard use this date.
Total Tests: This represents the total number of tests done and includes people who have had multiple tests.
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