Brattleboro and VT COVID-19 Regional Dashboard Summary – August 2023

Here’s the August 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 and MA seem to be doing weekly updates, near the end of the week. Variant updates and NH updates are every two weeks now.

Here are links to the full list of dashboard summaries: July,  June,   May,  April,  MarchFebruary,  January 2023,  December,  November,  OctoberSeptemberAugust,  July,  June,  May,  April,  March,  February,  January 2022,  December,  NovemberOctober,  September, AugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary 2021, December,  November,  OctoberSeptemberAugustJuly,  JuneMay, and April 2020.  37 months!

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  • Aug 3rd

    Report Timeframe: July 23 to July 29, 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
    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. 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.
    The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) reflects all individual visits from participating emergency departments1, to identify visits for COVID-Like Illness (CLI). During this reporting period the proportion of emergency visits in participating departments that included CLI was less then 1%, lower than the same time in 2022.
    Only 3 specimens are available for the week of 5/28/23. (Sources: LabCorp; Quest; Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
    0 Windham outbreaks
    996 cumulative state deaths; 10 in July
    https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/document/COVID-19-Surveillance-report-20230802.pdf

  • August 4

    VT ( Wednesday updates)

    Report Timeframe: July 23 to July 29, 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
    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. 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.
    The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) reflects all individual visits from participating emergency departments1, to identify visits for COVID-Like Illness (CLI). During this reporting period the proportion of emergency visits in participating departments that included CLI was less then 1%, lower than the same time in 2022.
    Only 3 specimens are available for the week of 5/28/23. (Sources: LabCorp; Quest; Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
    0 Windham outbreaks
    996 cumulative state deaths; 10 in July
    https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/document/COVID-19-Surveillance-report-20230802.pdf

    NH, as of 7/28

    Cheshire – 142 deaths
    Sullivan – 86 deaths

    7 hospital-treated
    3,084 deaths total

    MA, as of 7/27

    “Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”

    1,082 new cases, 7.76% 7-day avg positivity (up over 7%!)
    8 new deaths , 22,713 total deaths

    Counties:

    Franklin – 7 new, 14,966 total
    Hampshire – 14 new, 40,200 total
    Berkshire – 31 new, 36,205 total
    Hampden – 70 new, 173,854 total

    ….

    Variant Update 8/5/23 (now every two weeks)

    Nationally…

    Omicron EG.5 – 17.3%
    Omicron XBB 1.16 – 15.6%
    Omicron XBB.2.3 – 11.2%
    Omicron XBB.1.5 – 10.3%
    Omicron FL.1.5.1 – 8.6%
    Omicron XBB 1.16.6 -7.7%
    Omicron XBB.1.16.1 – 7.2%
    Omicron XBB.1.9.1 – 5.4%
    Omicron XBB.1.9.2 – 4.8%
    Omicron XBB – 4.4%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.72- 2.4%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.10 – 1.2%
    Omicron FE.1.1 – 1.1%
    Omicron CH.1.1 – 1.1%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.68 – 0.6%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.59 – 0.4%
    Omicron EU.1.1 – 0.3%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.1- 0.2%

    Omicron FD.2 – 0.0%
    Omicron BQ.1.1 – 0.0%
    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%
    Omicron BA.2.12.1 – 0.0%

    In Northeast Region 1

    (No new Nowcast estimates for Northeast Region 1, so here are the previous ones….)

    Omicron EG.5 – 18.9%
    Omicron XBB.2.3 – 15.8%
    Omicron XBB.1.5 – 14.1%
    Omicron XBB 1.16.1 – 11.1%
    Omicron XBB.1.16 – 7.9%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.72- 6.9%
    Omicron XBB.1.9.2 -6.2%
    Omicron XBB.1.9.1 – 6.0%
    Omicron XBB.1.16.6 – 4.7%
    Omicron XBB – 3.4%
    Omicron FE.1.1 – 1.8%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.59- 1.2%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.68 – 0.5%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.10 – 0.5%
    Omicron EU.1.1 – 0.4%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.1 – 0.3%
    Omicron CH.1.1 – 0.1%

    Omicron FD.2 – 0.0%
    Omicron BA.2.12.1 – 0.0%
    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

  • Aug 11

    (I keep watching MA, since their dashboard hasn’t changed. Over the last month or so they’ve gone from about 3% transmission to 9%!)

    VT ( Wednesday updates)

    Report Timeframe: July 30 to August 5, 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: 2.56 per 100K o 16 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 increased to over two. 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.
    The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) reflects all individual visits from participating emergency departments1, to identify visits for COVID-Like Illness (CLI). During this reporting period the proportion of emergency visits in participating departments that included CLI was around 1%, lower than the same time in 2022.
    Only 3 specimens are available for the week of 5/28/23. (Sources: LabCorp; Quest; Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
    112 weekly case count
    0 Windham outbreaks
    996 total deaths
    https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/document/COVID-19-Surveillance-report-20230809.pdf

    NH, as of 8/4

    Cheshire – 144 deaths
    Sullivan – 86 deaths

    11 hospital-treated
    3,086 deaths total

    MA, as of 8/10

    “Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”

    1,377 new cases, 9.00% 7-day avg positivity (up over 9%!)
    2 new deaths , 22,715 total deaths

    Counties:

    Franklin – 11 new, 14,977 total
    Hampshire – 17 new, 40,217 total
    Berkshire – 42 new, 36,247 total
    Hampden – 98 new, 173,9524 total

    ….

    Variant Update 8/5/23 (now every two weeks)

    Nationally…

    Omicron EG.5 – 17.3%
    Omicron XBB 1.16 – 15.6%
    Omicron XBB.2.3 – 11.2%
    Omicron XBB.1.5 – 10.3%
    Omicron FL.1.5.1 – 8.6%
    Omicron XBB 1.16.6 -7.7%
    Omicron XBB.1.16.1 – 7.2%
    Omicron XBB.1.9.1 – 5.4%
    Omicron XBB.1.9.2 – 4.8%
    Omicron XBB – 4.4%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.72- 2.4%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.10 – 1.2%
    Omicron FE.1.1 – 1.1%
    Omicron CH.1.1 – 1.1%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.68 – 0.6%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.59 – 0.4%
    Omicron EU.1.1 – 0.3%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.1- 0.2%

    Omicron FD.2 – 0.0%
    Omicron BQ.1.1 – 0.0%
    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%
    Omicron BA.2.12.1 – 0.0%

    In Northeast Region 1

    (No new Nowcast estimates for Northeast Region 1, so here are the previous ones….)

    Omicron EG.5 – 18.9%
    Omicron XBB.2.3 – 15.8%
    Omicron XBB.1.5 – 14.1%
    Omicron XBB 1.16.1 – 11.1%
    Omicron XBB.1.16 – 7.9%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.72- 6.9%
    Omicron XBB.1.9.2 -6.2%
    Omicron XBB.1.9.1 – 6.0%
    Omicron XBB.1.16.6 – 4.7%
    Omicron XBB – 3.4%
    Omicron FE.1.1 – 1.8%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.59- 1.2%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.68 – 0.5%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.10 – 0.5%
    Omicron EU.1.1 – 0.4%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.1 – 0.3%
    Omicron CH.1.1 – 0.1%

    Omicron FD.2 – 0.0%
    Omicron BA.2.12.1 – 0.0%
    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

  • Aug 18

    Keep watching MA!

    VT ( Wednesday updates)

    Report Timeframe: August 6 to August 12, 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: 4.01 per 100K o 25 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 increased to around 3.5, the highest rolling daily average since March of this year. 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.
    The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) reflects all individual visits from participating emergency departments1, to identify visits for COVID-Like Illness (CLI). During this reporting period the proportion of emergency visits in participating departments that included CLI was around 1%, lower than the same time in 2022.
    Only 3 specimens are available for the week of 6/25/23. (Sources: LabCorp, Quest, Helix, Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
    165 weekly case count
    0 Windham outbreaks
    1001 deaths total – 4 in August so far.
    https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/document/COVID-19-Surveillance-report-20230816.pdf

    NH, as of 8/11

    Cheshire – 144 deaths
    Sullivan – 86 deaths

    13 hospital-treated
    3,087 deaths total

    MA, as of 8/17

    “Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”

    1,589 new cases, 9.94% 7-day avg positivity
    16 new deaths , 22,731 total deaths

    Counties:

    Franklin – 15 new, 14,992 total
    Hampshire – 41 new, 40,258 total
    Berkshire – 45 new, 36,292 total
    Hampden – 113 new, 174,065 total

    ….

    Variant Update 8/5/23 (now every two weeks)

    Nationally…

    Omicron EG.5 – 17.3%
    Omicron XBB 1.16 – 15.6%
    Omicron XBB.2.3 – 11.2%
    Omicron XBB.1.5 – 10.3%
    Omicron FL.1.5.1 – 8.6%
    Omicron XBB 1.16.6 -7.7%
    Omicron XBB.1.16.1 – 7.2%
    Omicron XBB.1.9.1 – 5.4%
    Omicron XBB.1.9.2 – 4.8%
    Omicron XBB – 4.4%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.72- 2.4%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.10 – 1.2%
    Omicron FE.1.1 – 1.1%
    Omicron CH.1.1 – 1.1%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.68 – 0.6%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.59 – 0.4%
    Omicron EU.1.1 – 0.3%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.1- 0.2%

    Omicron FD.2 – 0.0%
    Omicron BQ.1.1 – 0.0%
    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%
    Omicron BA.2.12.1 – 0.0%

    In Northeast Region 1

    (No new Nowcast estimates for Northeast Region 1, so here are the previous ones….)

    Omicron EG.5 – 18.9%
    Omicron XBB.2.3 – 15.8%
    Omicron XBB.1.5 – 14.1%
    Omicron XBB 1.16.1 – 11.1%
    Omicron XBB.1.16 – 7.9%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.72- 6.9%
    Omicron XBB.1.9.2 -6.2%
    Omicron XBB.1.9.1 – 6.0%
    Omicron XBB.1.16.6 – 4.7%
    Omicron XBB – 3.4%
    Omicron FE.1.1 – 1.8%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.59- 1.2%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.68 – 0.5%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.10 – 0.5%
    Omicron EU.1.1 – 0.4%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.1 – 0.3%
    Omicron CH.1.1 – 0.1%

    Omicron FD.2 – 0.0%
    Omicron BA.2.12.1 – 0.0%
    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

  • Aug 25, 2023 - numbers going up

    VT ( Wednesday updates)

    Report Timeframe: August 13 to August 19, 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: 4.97 per 100K o 31 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 increased to between four and five, the highest rolling daily average since March of this year. 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.
    The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) reflects all individual visits from participating emergency departments1, to identify visits for COVID-Like Illness (CLI). During this reporting period the proportion of emergency visits in participating departments that included CLI was over 1%, lower than the same time in 2021 and 2022.
    Only 3 specimens are available for the week of 6/25/23. (Sources: LabCorp, Quest, Helix, Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
    219 weekly case count
    0 Windham outbreaks
    1004 cumulative deaths – 7 in August so far
    https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/document/COVID-19-Surveillance-report-20230823.pdf

    NH, as of 8/18

    Cheshire – 144 deaths
    Sullivan – 86 deaths

    10 hospital-treated
    3,091 deaths total

    MA, as of 8/17

    “Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”

    2,048 new cases, 10.83% 7-day avg positivity (over 10%!)
    17 new deaths , 22,748 total deaths

    Counties:

    Franklin – 20 new, 15,012 total (crosses 15k)
    Hampshire – 32 new, 40,290 total
    Berkshire – 50 new, 36,342 total
    Hampden – 135 new, 174,200 total

    ….

    Variant Update 8/19/23 (now every two weeks)

    Nationally…

    Omicron EG.5 – 20.6%
    Omicron FL.1.5.1 – 13.3%
    Omicron XBB 1.16 – 10.7%
    Omicron XBB.2.3 – 10.6%
    Omicron XBB 1.16.6 -8.0%
    Omicron XBB.1.16.1 – 5.9%
    Omicron XBB – 5.1%
    Omicron XBB.1.5 – 4.7%
    Omicron XBB.1.9.1 – 4.1%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.70- 2.4% (new)
    Omicron EG.6.1 – 2.3% (new)
    Omicron XBB 1.16.11 -1.9% (new)
    Omicron XBB.1.5.72- 1.9% (new)
    Omicron XBB.1.9.2 – 1.8%
    Omicron GE.1 – 1.8% (new)
    Omicron XBB.1.5.10 – 1.0%
    Omicron FE.1.1 – 0.9%
    Omicron FD.1.1 – 0.8%
    Omicron CH.1.1 – 0.8%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.68 – 0.6%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.59 – 0.4%
    Omicron EU.1.1 – 0.2%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.1- 0.1%

    Omicron FD.2 – 0.0%
    Omicron BQ.1.1 – 0.0%
    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%
    Omicron BA.2.12.1 – 0.0%

    In Northeast Region 1

    (Again, no new Nowcast estimates for Northeast Region 1 (??), so here are the last ones they gave us… in July)

    Omicron EG.5 – 18.9%
    Omicron XBB.2.3 – 15.8%
    Omicron XBB.1.5 – 14.1%
    Omicron XBB 1.16.1 – 11.1%
    Omicron XBB.1.16 – 7.9%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.72- 6.9%
    Omicron XBB.1.9.2 -6.2%
    Omicron XBB.1.9.1 – 6.0%
    Omicron XBB.1.16.6 – 4.7%
    Omicron XBB – 3.4%
    Omicron FE.1.1 – 1.8%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.59- 1.2%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.68 – 0.5%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.10 – 0.5%
    Omicron EU.1.1 – 0.4%
    Omicron XBB.1.5.1 – 0.3%
    Omicron CH.1.1 – 0.1%

    Omicron FD.2 – 0.0%
    Omicron BA.2.12.1 – 0.0%
    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%

    In Region 2, next to us in NY:

    FL.1.5.1 is at the top – 23.5%
    EG.5 – 18.7%

    https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions

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