Here’s the May 2023 dashboard summary. We continue semi-regular COVID-19 dashboard numbers from the Vermont Department of Health, and MA and NH counties that surround Brattleboro, as long as they continue providing them. It could be ending soon. Scroll down the new comments for the latest.
VT, NH, and MA all continue to be doing weekly updates now, near the end of the week.
Here are links to the full list of dashboard summaries: April, March, February, January 2023, December, November, October, September, August, July, June, May, April, March, February, January 2022, December, November, October, September, August, July, June, May, April, March, February, January 2021, December, November, October, September, August, July, June, May, and April 2020. 34 months!
May 5, 2023
VT ( Wednesday updates)
Report Timeframe: April 23 to April 29, 2023
Statewide community levels: Low. For this seven-day reporting period, the rate of new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Vermonters is below 200. New COVID-19 admissions are below 10 per 100,000 Vermonters per day, and the percentage of staffed hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 is below 10%.
• New COVID-19 cases, last 7 days: 18.59 per 100k (slight decrease from last week) o Weekly case count: 116
• New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19, last 7 days: 1.60 per 100K o 10 total new admissions with COVID-19 (decrease from last week)
• Percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by patients with COVID-19 (7-day average): 1.54% (similar to last week)
• The seven-day rolling average of hospital patients admitted with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 was around three during the most recent seven-day period, the lowest sustained average since the summer of 2021. The number is the daily average of the previous seven days; for example, the value for May 28 is the daily average for the days of May 21 through May 27.
• During this reporting period the proportion of emergency visits in participating emergency departments that included CLI was under 2%, lower than the same dates in previous years.
• XBB.1.5 and XBB continue to comprise >90% of circulating virus. (Sources: Broad; Aegis; Helix; LabCorp; Quest; Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
• The city of Burlington has suspended its wastewater testing as of April 3rd, 2023.
• 116 cases this week; 0 Windham outbreaks reported; 962 cumulative VT deaths (16 in April)
https://healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/document/lsid-covid-19-surveillance-report-20230503.pdf
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NH, as of 5/4 (Thursday updates)
Cheshire – 19,354 cumulative cases, 137 deaths – 0 current cases
Sullivan – 11,983 cumulative cases , 86 deaths – 0 current
24 new cases
34 cases per day average over last 7 days
3,052 deaths total
MA, as of 5/4 – (Thursday updates)
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
“COVID-19 Public Health Emergency in Massachusetts will end on May 11, 2023”
897 new cases, 2.46% 7-day avg positivity
14 new deaths , 22,602 total deaths
Counties:
Franklin – 9 new, 14,855 total
Hampshire – 14 new, 40,019 total
Berkshire – 25 new, 35,920 total
Hampden – 59 new, 173,159 total
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Variant Update 5/6/23
Nationally…
Omicron XBB.1.5 – 66.9%
Omicron XBB.1.16 – 12.5%
Omicron XBB.1.9.1 – 9.4%
Omicron XBB.1.9.2 – 3.7%
Omicron XBB.2.3 – 2.7% (new one)
Omicron XBB.1.5.1 – 2.4%
Omicron FD.2 – 1.6%
Omicron BQ.1.1 – 0.3%
Omicron CH.1.1 – 0.2%
Omicron XBB – 0.2%
Omicron BQ.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BN.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.5 – 0.0%
Omicron BF.7 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2 – 0.0%
Omicron BA. 5.2.6 – 0.0%
Omicron BF.11 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.75 – 0.0%
Omicron BA 4.6 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.75.2 – 0.0%
In Northeast Region 1
Omicron XBB.1.5 – 72.9%
Omicron XBB.1.16 – 11.4%
Omicron XBB.1.9.1 – 9.0%
Omicron XBB.1.5.1 – 3.2%
Omicron XBB.2.3 – 1.9% (new one)
Omicron XBB.1.9.2 – 1.4%
Omicron FD.2 – 0.1%
Omicron CH.1.1 – 0.1%
Omicron BQ.1.1 – 0.1%
Omicron XBB – 0.0%
Omicron BQ.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BN.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BF.7 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.5 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.5.2.6 – 0.0%
Omicron BF.11 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.75 -0.0%
Omicron BA 4.6 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.75.2 – 0.0%
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions
Reported though...?
How do they get the numbers? I’ll be watching, cuz I know of at least 2 in Windham County this past week. Both were reported to doctors. I’ll ask my dr’s office what happens with the info.
May 10, 2023
VT ( Wednesday updates)
Report Timeframe: April 30 to May 6, 2023
Statewide community levels: Low. For this seven-day reporting period, the rate of new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Vermonters is below 200. New COVID-19 admissions are below 10 per 100,000 Vermonters per day, and the percentage of staffed hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 is below 10%.
• New COVID-19 cases, last 7 days: 14.90 per 100k (slight decrease from last week) o Weekly case count: 93
• New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19, last 7 days: 2.08 per 100K o 13 total new admissions with COVID-19 (similar to last week)
• Percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by patients with COVID-19 (7-day average): 1.01% (decrease from last week)
• The seven-day rolling average of hospital patients admitted with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 was around three during the most recent seven-day period, the lowest sustained average since the summer of 2021. The number is the daily average of the previous seven days; for example, the value for May 28 is the daily average for the days of May 21 through May 27.
• During this reporting period the proportion of emergency visits in participating emergency departments that included CLI was under 2%, lower than the same dates in previous years.
• XBB variants continue to comprise >90% of circulating virus. (Sources: Broad; Aegis; Helix; LabCorp; Quest; Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
• 93 cases this week period. (“Note: Case counts and rates are calculated by confirmed and probable cases reported to the Health Department. To calculate rates, counts are divided by 2019 Vermont population estimates for respective category and expressed per 100,000 in each category. Due to a high number of cases missing race/ethnicity data, rates are not provided for race/ethnicity categories.”
• 0 Windham outbreaks (“an outbreak is defined as three or more epidemiologically linked cases of COVID-19, where at least one such case has been laboratory or otherwise clinically confirmed as COVID-19.”)
• 967 total deaths statewide. 3 in May so far.
https://healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/document/lsid-covid-19-surveillance-report-20230510.pdf
May 12, 2023
VT ( Wednesday updates)
Report Timeframe: April 30 to May 6, 2023
Statewide community levels: Low. For this seven-day reporting period, the rate of new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Vermonters is below 200. New COVID-19 admissions are below 10 per 100,000 Vermonters per day, and the percentage of staffed hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 is below 10%.
• New COVID-19 cases, last 7 days: 14.90 per 100k (slight decrease from last week) o Weekly case count: 93
• New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19, last 7 days: 2.08 per 100K o 13 total new admissions with COVID-19 (similar to last week)
• Percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by patients with COVID-19 (7-day average): 1.01% (decrease from last week)
• The seven-day rolling average of hospital patients admitted with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 was around three during the most recent seven-day period, the lowest sustained average since the summer of 2021. The number is the daily average of the previous seven days; for example, the value for May 28 is the daily average for the days of May 21 through May 27.
• During this reporting period the proportion of emergency visits in participating emergency departments that included CLI was under 2%, lower than the same dates in previous years.
• XBB variants continue to comprise >90% of circulating virus. (Sources: Broad; Aegis; Helix; LabCorp; Quest; Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
• 93 cases this week period. (“Note: Case counts and rates are calculated by confirmed and probable cases reported to the Health Department. To calculate rates, counts are divided by 2019 Vermont population estimates for respective category and expressed per 100,000 in each category. Due to a high number of cases missing race/ethnicity data, rates are not provided for race/ethnicity categories.”
• 0 Windham outbreaks (“an outbreak is defined as three or more epidemiologically linked cases of COVID-19, where at least one such case has been laboratory or otherwise clinically confirmed as COVID-19.”)
• 967 total deaths statewide. 3 in May so far.
https://healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/document/lsid-covid-19-surveillance-report-20230510.pdf
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NH, as of 5/11 (Thursday updates)
Cheshire – 19,368 cumulative cases, 137 deaths – 1 current cases
Sullivan – 11,985 cumulative cases , 86 deaths – 0 current
17 new cases
35 cases per day average over last 7 days
3,055 deaths total
MA, as of 5/4 – (Thursday updates)
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
“COVID-19 Public Health Emergency in Massachusetts will end on May 11, 2023”
979 new cases, 2.59% 7-day avg positivity
15 new deaths , 22,617 total deaths
Counties:
Franklin – 7 new, 14,862 total
Hampshire – 19 new, 40,038 total
Berkshire – 33 new, 35,953 total
Hampden – 81 new, 173,240 total
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Variant Update 5/6/23
“As of May 11, genomic surveillance data will be reported biweekly, based on the availability of positive test specimens. You can find archived genomic surveillance data at data.cdc.gov.”
Nationally…
Omicron XBB.1.5 – 64.0%
Omicron XBB.1.16 – 14.3%
Omicron XBB.1.9.1 – 9.2%
Omicron XBB.1.9.2 – 4.0%
Omicron XBB.2.3 – 3.5%
Omicron XBB.1.5.1 – 2.4%
Omicron FD.2 – 1.8%
Omicron BQ.1.1 – 0.3%
Omicron CH.1.1 – 0.2%
Omicron XBB – 0.2%
Omicron BQ.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BN.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.5 – 0.0%
Omicron BF.7 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2 – 0.0%
Omicron BA. 5.2.6 – 0.0%
Omicron BF.11 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.75 – 0.0%
Omicron BA 4.6 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.75.2 – 0.0%
In Northeast Region 1
Omicron XBB.1.5 – 68.1%
Omicron XBB.1.16 – 13.9%
Omicron XBB.1.9.1 – 9.1%
Omicron XBB.1.5.1 – 3.2%
Omicron XBB.1.9.2 – 3.2%
Omicron XBB.2.3 – 2.1%
Omicron FD.2 – 0.1%
Omicron CH.1.1 – 0.1%
Omicron XBB – 0.1%
Omicron BQ.1.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BQ.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BN.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BF.7 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.5 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.5.2.6 – 0.0%
Omicron BF.11 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.75 -0.0%
Omicron BA 4.6 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.75.2 – 0.0%
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions
May 19, 2023
VT ( Wednesday updates)
Report Timeframe: May 7 to May 13, 2023
Statewide hospitalization levels: Low. New COVID-19 admissions are below 10 per 100,000 Vermonters per day.
• New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19, last 7 days: 1.92 per 100K o 12 total new admissions with COVID-19 (increase of two from last week)
• The number of reportable COVID-19 cases is still available in this report, below. Laboratory- confirmed and diagnosed COVID-19 cases and COVID-19 outbreaks must still be reported to the Vermont Department of Health
• The seven-day rolling average of hospital patients admitted with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 was under two during the most recent seven-day period, the lowest sustained average since the summer of 2021. The number is the daily average of the previous seven days; for example, the value for May 28 is the daily average for the days of May 21 through May 27.
• During this reporting period the proportion of emergency visits in participating emergency departments that included CLI was under 2%, lower than the same dates in previous years.
• XBB.1.5 and XBB continue to comprise >90% of circulating virus. (Sources: Broad; Aegis; Helix; LabCorp; Quest; Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
• 86 cases/week, 1 Windham outbreak
• 969 total deaths (4 in May so far)
https://healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/document/lsid-covid-19-surveillance-report-20230517.pdf
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NH, as of 5/11 (Thursday updates) NO UPDATE THIS WEEK
Cheshire – 19,368 cumulative cases, 137 deaths – 1 current cases
Sullivan – 11,985 cumulative cases , 86 deaths – 0 current
17 new cases
35 cases per day average over last 7 days
3,055 deaths total
MA, as of 5/4 – (Thursday updates)
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
“COVID-19 Public Health Emergency in Massachusetts will end on May 11, 2023”
774 new cases, 2.95% 7-day avg positivity
6 new deaths , 22,623 total deaths
Counties:
Franklin – 7 new, 14,869 total
Hampshire – 14 new, 40,052 total
Berkshire – 32 new, 35,985 total
Hampden – 51 new, 173,291 total
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Variant Update 5/13/23 (now every two weeks)
“As of May 11, genomic surveillance data will be reported biweekly, based on the availability of positive test specimens. You can find archived genomic surveillance data at data.cdc.gov.”
Nationally…
Omicron XBB.1.5 – 64.0%
Omicron XBB.1.16 – 14.3%
Omicron XBB.1.9.1 – 9.2%
Omicron XBB.1.9.2 – 4.0%
Omicron XBB.2.3 – 3.5%
Omicron XBB.1.5.1 – 2.4%
Omicron FD.2 – 1.8%
Omicron BQ.1.1 – 0.3%
Omicron CH.1.1 – 0.2%
Omicron XBB – 0.2%
Omicron BQ.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BN.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.5 – 0.0%
Omicron BF.7 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2 – 0.0%
Omicron BA. 5.2.6 – 0.0%
Omicron BF.11 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.75 – 0.0%
Omicron BA 4.6 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.75.2 – 0.0%
In Northeast Region 1
Omicron XBB.1.5 – 68.1%
Omicron XBB.1.16 – 13.9%
Omicron XBB.1.9.1 – 9.1%
Omicron XBB.1.5.1 – 3.2%
Omicron XBB.1.9.2 – 3.2%
Omicron XBB.2.3 – 2.1%
Omicron FD.2 – 0.1%
Omicron CH.1.1 – 0.1%
Omicron XBB – 0.1%
Omicron BQ.1.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BQ.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BN.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BF.7 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.5 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.5.2.6 – 0.0%
Omicron BF.11 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.75 -0.0%
Omicron BA 4.6 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.75.2 – 0.0%
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions
May 25
VT ( Wednesday updates)
Report Timeframe: May 14 to May 20, 2023
Statewide hospitalization levels: Low. New COVID-19 admissions are below 10 per 100,000 Vermonters per day.
• New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19, last 7 days: 0.96 per 100K o 6 total new admissions with COVID-19 (increase of two from last week)
The number of reportable COVID-19 cases is still available in this report, below. Laboratory- confirmed and diagnosed COVID-19 cases and COVID-19 outbreaks must still be reported to the Vermont Department of Health
The seven-day rolling average of hospital patients admitted with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 was just under one during the most recent seven-day period, the lowest sustained average since the summer of 2021. The number is the daily average of the previous seven days; for example, the value for May 28 is the daily average for the days of May 21 through May 27.
During this reporting period the proportion of emergency visits in participating emergency departments that included CLI was under 2%, lower than the same dates in previous years.
XBB.1.5 and XBB continue to comprise >90% of circulating virus. (Sources: Broad; Aegis; Helix; LabCorp; Quest; Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
58 cases this week.
0 Windham outbreaks (For purposes of this report, an outbreak is defined as three or more epidemiologically linked cases of COVID-19, where at least one such case has been laboratory or otherwise clinically confirmed as COVID-19.)
969 deaths total
https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/document/lsid-COVID-19-Surveillance-report-20230524.pdf
May 26, 2023
VT ( Wednesday updates)
Report Timeframe: May 14 to May 20, 2023
Statewide hospitalization levels: Low. New COVID-19 admissions are below 10 per 100,000 Vermonters per day.
• New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19, last 7 days: 0.96 per 100K o 6 total new admissions with COVID-19 (increase of two from last week)
The number of reportable COVID-19 cases is still available in this report, below. Laboratory- confirmed and diagnosed COVID-19 cases and COVID-19 outbreaks must still be reported to the Vermont Department of Health
The seven-day rolling average of hospital patients admitted with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 was just under one during the most recent seven-day period, the lowest sustained average since the summer of 2021. The number is the daily average of the previous seven days; for example, the value for May 28 is the daily average for the days of May 21 through May 27.
During this reporting period the proportion of emergency visits in participating emergency departments that included CLI was under 2%, lower than the same dates in previous years.
XBB.1.5 and XBB continue to comprise >90% of circulating virus. (Sources: Broad; Aegis; Helix; LabCorp; Quest; Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
58 cases this week.
0 Windham outbreaks (For purposes of this report, an outbreak is defined as three or more epidemiologically linked cases of COVID-19, where at least one such case has been laboratory or otherwise clinically confirmed as COVID-19.)
969 deaths total
https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/document/lsid-COVID-19-Surveillance-report-20230524.pdf
NH, as of 5/25
New Dashboard – “COVID-19 case, testing, vaccination and school reporting data are no longer supported in the dashboards. ”
Cheshire – 138 deaths
Sullivan – 86 deaths
3 hospital treated
3,061 deaths total
MA, as of 5/25
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
“COVID-19 Public Health Emergency in Massachusetts will end on May 11, 2023”
791 new cases, 3.46% 7-day avg positivity (above 3% again)
13 new deaths , 22,636 total deaths
Counties:
Franklin – 8 new, 14,877 total
Hampshire – 23 new, 40,075 total
Berkshire – 21 new, 36,006 total (passes 36k)
Hampden – 38 new, 173,329 total
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May 31
VT ( Wednesday updates)
Report Timeframe: May 21 to May 27, 2023
Statewide hospitalization levels: Low. New COVID-19 admissions are below 10 per 100,000 Vermonters per day.
• New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19, last 7 days: 2.08 per 100K o 13 total new admissions with COVID-19 (increase from previous week)
•The number of reportable COVID-19 cases is still available in this report, below. Laboratory- confirmed and diagnosed COVID-19 cases and COVID-19 outbreaks must still be reported to the Vermont Department of Health
•The seven-day rolling average of hospital patients admitted with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 was around one to two during the most recent reporting week. The number is the daily average of the previous seven days; for example, the value for May 28 is the daily average for the days of May 21 through May 27.
•During this reporting period the proportion of emergency visits in participating emergency departments that included CLI was under 2%, lower than the same dates in 2022.
•XBB.1.5 and XBB continue to comprise >90% of circulating virus. (Sources: Broad; Aegis; Helix; LabCorp; Quest; Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
•72 cases overall in VT; 0 Windham outbreaks
•974 total VT deaths; 9 in May.
https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/document/lsid-covid-19-surveillance-report-20230531.pdf
This concludes May… on to June.