Here’s the February 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. Scroll down the new comments for the latest.
Vermont and MA have very limited looks at what are going on these days, with weekly snapshots. NH attempts daily updates but doesn’t always give new totals, and didn’t update at all at the end of January.
Here are links to the full list of dashboard summaries: 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. 32 months!
February 2, 2023
VT ( Wednesday updates)
Vermont State walk-in clinics for COVID are now closed.
Report Timeframe: January 22 to January 28, 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 percent of staffed hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 is below 10%.
• (Provisional) New COVID-19 cases, last 7 days: 80.29 per 100k o Weeklycasecount:501(increasefrompreviousweek)
• New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19, last 7 days: 7.69 per 100K o 48totalnewadmissionswithCOVID-19(increasefrompreviousweek)
• Percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by patients with COVID-19 (7-day average): 3.24%
• The seven-day rolling average of hospital patients admitted with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 has been around seven to nine during the most recent seven-day period. 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 around or below 4%, much lower than the same period in 2022.
• The variant XBB.1.5 accounted for 40% of circulating variants during the week beginning 01/08/2023. (Sources: Broad; Aegis; Helix; LabCorp; Quest; Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
• 1 outbreak in Windham Co Jan 24-30
• 894 total deaths; 17 in January
https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/COVID-19-Surveillance-report-20230201.pdf
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NH, as of 1/26 (no Sun/Mon updates)
FYI: NH seems frozen as of Jan 26, but there’s no announcement about it.
Cheshire – 18,766 cumulative cases, 131 deaths – 4 current
Sullivan – 11,739 cumulative cases , 81 deaths – 3 current
120 new cases
2,932 deaths total
MA, as of 1/26 – (Thursday updates)
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
5,797 new cases, 9.35% 7-day avg positivity (goes below 10%)
168 new deaths , 21,826 total deaths
Counties:
Franklin – 33 new, 14,583 total
Hampshire – 129 new, 39,201 total
Berkshire – 146 new, 34,804 total
Hampden – 631 new, 169,783 total
Feb 7, 2023
VT ( Wednesday updates)
https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/COVID-19-Surveillance-report-20230201.pdf
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NH, as of 2/2 (no Sun/Mon updates)
(NH seems to be back… maybe? Weekly?)
Cheshire – 18,813 cumulative cases, 131 deaths – 3 current
Sullivan – 11,766 cumulative cases , 82 deaths – 1 current
95 new cases
2,949 deaths total
MA, as of 2/2 – (Thursday updates)
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
5,160 new cases, 8.31% 7-day avg positivity (goes below 9%)
112 new deaths , 21,938 total deaths
Counties:
Franklin – 33 new, 14,616 total
Hampshire – 118 new, 39,319 total
Berkshire – 120 new, 34,924 total
Hampden – 515 new, 170,298 total (passes 170k)
Feb 9, 2023
VT ( Wednesday updates)
• Report Timeframe: January 29 to February 4, 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 percent of staffed hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 is below 10%.
• New COVID-19 cases, last 7 days: 81.57 per 100k o Weekly case count: 509 (similar to prior week)
• New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19, last 7 days: 6.73 per 100K o 42totalnewadmissionswithCOVID-19(decreasefrompreviousweek)
• Percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by patients with COVID-19 (7-day average): 3.42% (increased from prior week)
• The seven-day rolling average of hospital patients admitted with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 has been around six during the most recent seven-day period. 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 around or below 4%, much lower than the same period in 2022.
• The variant XBB.1.5 accounted for 64% of circulating variants during the week beginning 01/15/2023. (Sources: Broad; Aegis; Helix; LabCorp; Quest; Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
• 509 cases/week
• 3 outbreaks in Windham Co. 1/31-2/6
• 901 cumulative deaths
https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/COVID-19-Surveillance-report-20230208.pdf
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NH, as of 2/2 (no Sun/Mon updates)
(NH seems to be back… maybe? Weekly?)
Cheshire – 18,813 cumulative cases, 131 deaths – 3 current
Sullivan – 11,766 cumulative cases , 82 deaths – 1 current
95 new cases
2,949 deaths total
MA, as of 2/2 – (Thursday updates)
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
5,160 new cases, 8.31% 7-day avg positivity (goes below 9%)
112 new deaths , 21,938 total deaths
Counties:
Franklin – 33 new, 14,616 total
Hampshire – 118 new, 39,319 total
Berkshire – 120 new, 34,924 total
Hampden – 515 new, 170,298 total (passes 170k)
Feb 10, 2023
VT ( Wednesday updates)
https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/COVID-19-Surveillance-report-20230208.pdf
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NH, as of 2/9 (Thurs updates?)
(NH seems to be back…? Weekly?)
Cheshire – 18,813 cumulative cases, 131 deaths – 3 current
Sullivan – 11,766 cumulative cases , 82 deaths – 1 current
100 new cases
126 cases per day average over last 7 days
2,962 deaths total
MA, as of 2/9 – (Thursday updates)
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
4,591 new cases, 7.65% 7-day avg positivity (goes below 8%)
92 new deaths , 22,030 total deaths (passes 22k)
Counties:
Franklin – 26 new, 14,642 total
Hampshire – 100 new, 39,419 total
Berkshire – 72 new, 34,996 total
Hampden – 461 new, 170,759 total
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Friday Variant Update 1/29/2023
Nationally…
Omicron XBB.1.5 – 74.7%
Omicron BQ.1.1 – 15.3%
Omicron BQ.1 – 5.1%
Omicron XBB – 1.9%
Omicron CH.1.1 – 1.3%
Omicron BN.1 – 0.8%
Omicron BA.5 – 0.3%
Omicron BF.7 – 0.3%
Omicron BA. 5.2.6 – 0.1%
Omicron BA.2 – 0.1%
Omicron BF.11 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.75 – 0.1%
Omicron BA 4.6 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.75.2 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.4 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.1.1 – 0.0%
Omicron B.1.1.529 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.12.1 – 0.0%
In Northeast Region 1
Omicron XBB.1.5 – 93.6%
Omicron BQ.1.1 – 3.8%
Omicron BQ.1 – 1.4%
Omicron XBB – 0.5%
Omicron CH.1.1 – 0.3%
Omicron BN.1 – 0.1%
Omicron BF.7 – 0.1%
Omicron BA.5 – 0.1%
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%
Omicron BA.4 – 0.0%
Omicron B.1.1.529 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.1.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.12.1 – 0.0%
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions
February 15, 2023
VT ( Wednesday updates)
• Report Timeframe: February 5 to February 11, 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 percent of staffed hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 is below 10%.
• New COVID-19 cases, last 7 days: 79.33 per 100k o Weeklycasecount:495
• New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19, last 7 days: 6.57 per 100K o 41 total new admissions with COVID-19
• Percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by patients with COVID-19 (7-day average): 3.80% (increased from prior week)
• The seven-day rolling average of hospital patients admitted with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 has been around six to seven during the most recent seven-day period. 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 around or below 4%, much lower than the same period in 2022.
• The variant XBB.1.5 accounted for 55% of circulating variants during the week beginning 01/22/2023. (Sources: Broad; Aegis; Helix; LabCorp; Quest; Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
• Windham had 1 outbreak 2/7 – 2/13
• 910 deaths total
https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/COVID-19-Surveillance-report-20230215.pdf
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NH, as of 2/9 (Thurs updates?)
(NH seems to be back…? Weekly?)
Cheshire – 18,813 cumulative cases, 131 deaths – 3 current
Sullivan – 11,766 cumulative cases , 82 deaths – 1 current
100 new cases
126 cases per day average over last 7 days
2,962 deaths total
MA, as of 2/9 – (Thursday updates)
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
4,591 new cases, 7.65% 7-day avg positivity (goes below 8%)
92 new deaths , 22,030 total deaths (passes 22k)
Counties:
Franklin – 26 new, 14,642 total
Hampshire – 100 new, 39,419 total
Berkshire – 72 new, 34,996 total
Hampden – 461 new, 170,759 total
Feb 17, 2023
VT ( Wednesday updates)
https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/COVID-19-Surveillance-report-20230215.pdf
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NH, as of 2/16 (Thurs updates?)
(NH seems to be weekly)
Cheshire – 18,813 cumulative cases, 131 deaths – 3 current
Sullivan – 11,766 cumulative cases , 82 deaths – 1 current
106 new cases
116 cases per day average over last 7 days
2,973 deaths total
MA, as of 2/16 – (Thursday updates)
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
4,470 new cases, 6.96% 7-day avg positivity (goes below 7%)
102 new deaths , 22,132 total deaths
Counties:
Franklin – 28 new, 14,670 total
Hampshire – 87 new, 39,506 total
Berkshire – 107 new, 35,103 total (passes 35k)
Hampden – 418 new, 171,177 total (passes 171k)
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Friday Variant Update 2/18/2023
Nationally…
Omicron XBB.1.5 – 80.2%
Omicron BQ.1.1 – 12.1%
Omicron BQ.1 – 3.7%
Omicron XBB – 1.5%
Omicron CH.1.1 – 1.2%
Omicron BN.1 – 0.5%
Omicron BA.5 – 0.2%
Omicron BF.7 – 0.2%
Omicron BA. 5.2.6 – 0.1%
Omicron BA.2 – 0.1%
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.4 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.1.1 – 0.0%
Omicron B.1.1.529 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.12.1 – 0.0%
In Northeast Region 1
Omicron XBB.1.5 – 96%
Omicron BQ.1.1 – 2.4%
Omicron BQ.1 – 0.8%
Omicron XBB – 0.3%
Omicron CH.1.1 – 0.3%
Omicron BN.1 – 0.1%
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%
Omicron BA.4 – 0.0%
Omicron B.1.1.529 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.1.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.12.1 – 0.0%
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions
Feb 23, 2023
VT ( Wednesday updates)
Report Timeframe: February 12 to February 18, 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 percent of staffed hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 is below 10%.
• New COVID-19 cases, last 7 days: 69.39 per 100k (decrease from last week) o Weeklycasecount:433
• New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19, last 7 days: 6.73 per 100K o 42 total new admissions with COVID-19
• Percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by patients with COVID-19 (7-day average): 3.56% (decreased from prior week)
• The seven-day rolling average of hospital patients admitted with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 has hovered around six during the most recent seven-day period. 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 around or below 4%, slightly lower than the same period in 2022, which saw a steep decline.
• There are no new whole genome sequencing data this week. Two additional weeks will be added in the 3/1/23 surveillance report. (Sources: Broad; Aegis; Helix; LabCorp; Quest; Health Department Whole Genome Sequencing program)
• 1 windham outbreak
• 917 total deaths
https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/COVID-19-Surveillance-report-20230222.pdf
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NH, as of 2/16 (Thurs updates?)
(NH seems to be weekly)
Cheshire – 18,813 cumulative cases, 131 deaths – 3 current
Sullivan – 11,766 cumulative cases , 82 deaths – 1 current
106 new cases
116 cases per day average over last 7 days
2,973 deaths total
MA, as of 2/16 – (Thursday updates)
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
4,470 new cases, 6.96% 7-day avg positivity (goes below 7%)
102 new deaths , 22,132 total deaths
Counties:
Franklin – 28 new, 14,670 total
Hampshire – 87 new, 39,506 total
Berkshire – 107 new, 35,103 total (passes 35k)
Hampden – 418 new, 171,177 total (passes 171k)
Feb 28, 2023
VT ( Wednesday updates)
https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/COVID-19-Surveillance-report-20230222.pdf
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NH, as of 2/23 (Thurs updates?)
(NH seems to be weekly)
Cheshire – 19,005 cumulative cases, 134 deaths – 1 current (passes 19k)
Sullivan – 11,852 cumulative cases , 82 deaths – 4 current
92 new cases
123 cases per day average over last 7 days
2,987 deaths total
MA, as of 2/23 – (Thursday updates)
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
3,850 new cases, 6.74% 7-day avg positivity
85 new deaths , 22,217 total deaths
Counties:
Franklin – 23 new, 14,693 total
Hampshire – 100 new, 39,606 total
Berkshire – 133 new, 35,236 total
Hampden – 361 new, 171,538 total
This concludes February of 2023.
In general, most people aren’t wearing masks, but some still are. No one seems to be fighting about it, either.
People still are getting sick. I hear of someone I know every few weeks or so…