Welcome to the December 2024 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. Numbers are quite low, but not zero. Scroll down the new comments for the latest.
VT, NH and MA do weekly updates, near the end of the week, so we update on Fridays usually. Variant updates are every two weeks.
Here are links to the full list of dashboard summaries: November, October, September, August, July, June, May, April, March, February, January 2024, December, November,October, September, August, July, June, May, 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.
Dec 6
VT ( Wednesday updates)
November 24 to November 30, 2024
KP.3 and MC.16 are the dominant circulating variant s. Some limited specimen quantities may
impact proportion accuracy. For more timely data, see the National SARS-CoV-2 Genomic
Surveillance System which includes data from Vermont and other states. Source: Vermont
Department of Health Whole Genome Sequencing program.
Concentrations remain low in South Burlington, Middlebury, Ludlow, Essex Junction, and
Montpelier. There are no new data for Burlington and St. Albans due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Some week-to-week fluctuation is expected.
67 weekly case count
1 Windham outbreaks
1230 total deaths
….
NH, as of 12/2/24
Cheshire – 170 deaths
Sullivan – 97 deaths
3,456 deaths total
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MA, as of 12/5/24
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
999 new confirmed and probable cases, 4.580% 7-day avg positivity
2 new confirmed deaths
Counties, confirmed cases in last 7 days:
Franklin – 8 cases
Hampshire – 17 cases
Berkshire – 21 cases
Hampden – 86 cases
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Variant Update 12/7/24 (every two weeks)
Nationally…
Omicron XEC – 44%
Omicron KP.3.1.1 – 39%
Omicron MC.1 – 6%
Omicron LF.7 – 3% (new)
Omicron LB.1.3.1 – 2%
Omicron KP.3 – 1%
Omicron KP.2.3 – 1%
Omicron LB.1 – 1%
Omicron KP.1.1.3 – 0%
Omicron JN.1.16.1 – 2%
Omicron KP.2 – 0%
Omicron JN.1.18 – 0%
Omicron JN.1 – 0%
Omicron JN.1.11.1 – 0%
Omicron JN.1.16.1 – 0% (new)
Omicron KS.1 – 0%
Omicron JN.1.16 – 0%
Omicron LP.1 – 0%
Omicron KP.1.1 – 0%
Omicron KP.2.15 – 0%
Omicron LF.3.1 – 0%
Dec 13
VT ( Wednesday updates)
Report Timeframe: December 1 to December 7, 2024
KP.3 and MC.16 are the dominant circulating variant s. Some limited specimen quantities may
impact proportion accuracy. For more timely data, see the National SARS-CoV-2 Genomic
Surveillance System which includes data from Vermont and other states. Source: Vermont
Department of Health Whole Genome Sequencing program.
Concentrations remain low at all sites: Burlington, St. Albans, South Burlington, Middlebury, Ludlow,
Essex Junction, and Montpelier. Some week-to-week fluctuation is expected.
110 weekly case count
0 Windham outbreaks
1234 total deaths
….
NH, as of 12/6/24
Cheshire – 170 deaths
Sullivan – 97 deaths
3,458 deaths total
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MA, as of 12/12/24
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
1124 new confirmed and probable cases, 5.160% 7-day avg positivity
8 new confirmed deaths
Counties, confirmed cases in last 7 days:
Franklin – 15 cases
Hampshire – 22 cases
Berkshire – 21 cases
Hampden – 140 cases
….
Outbreaks
I know of 4 people in Windham County who’ve had Covid in the last 2 weeks, but unless they get them confirmed they don’t count.
Right
These are just the official counts. Interesting how low (officially) everything has gotten, but also how there is a recent uptick in cases again. There was a moment there late summer when it was almost down to nothing. Oh well.
We’ll start the polio dashboard next year. : (
Covid
Definitely much more than reported. I have it.
Dec 21
VT ( Wednesday updates)
Note (12/18/2024): Because of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, the COVID-19 Surveillance Report will be next updated on December 30, and return to its weekly cadence on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
Report Timeframe: December 8 to December 14, 2024
KP.3, XEC and MC variants are the dominant circulating variants. Some limited specimen quantities
may impact proportion accuracy, specifically the weeks of 11/10-11-23/2024. For more timely
data, see the National SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Surveillance System which includes data from Vermont
and other states. Source: Vermont Department of Health Whole Genome Sequencing program.
Concentrations remain low at most sites: Burlington, St. Albans, South Burlington, Middlebury, Ludlow, Essex Junction, and Montpelier. Some week-to-week fluctuation is expected.
106 weekly case count
0 Windham outbreaks
1235 total deaths
….
NH, as of 12/13/24
Cheshire – 171 deaths
Sullivan – 97 deaths
3,459 deaths total
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MA, as of 12/19/24
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
1690 new confirmed and probable cases, 5.910% 7-day avg positivity
9 new confirmed deaths
Counties, confirmed cases in last 7 days:
Franklin – 10 cases
Hampshire – 16 cases
Berkshire – 35 cases
Hampden – 131 cases
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Variant Update 12/21/24 (every two weeks)
Nationally…
Omicron XEC – 45%
Omicron KP.3.1.1 – 24%
Omicron LP.8.1 – 8% (new)
Omicron MC.1 – 5%
Omicron LF.7 – 4%
Omicron XEK- 4% (new)
Omicron MC.10.1 – 3% (new)
Omicron LB.1.3.1 – 2%
Omicron KP.3 – 2%
Omicron MC.19 – 1% (new)
Omicron KP.2.3 – 0%
Omicron LB.1 – 0%
Omicron JN.1.18.6 – 0% (new)
Omicron JN.1 – 0%
Omicron KP.1.1.3 – 0%
Omicron KP.2 – 0%
Omicron JN.1.16 – 0%
Omicron KS.1 – 0%
Omicron LP.1 – 0%
Omicron JN.1.16.1 – 0%
Omicron KP.1.1 – 0%
Omicron KP.2.15 – 0%
Omicron JN.1.18 – 0%
Omicron LF.3.1 – 0%
Omicron JN.1.7 – 0%
Omicron KP.2 – 0%
Omicron XDV.1 – 0.0%
Omicron KW.1.1 – 0.0%
Omicron JN.1.16 – 0.0%
Omicron KP.1.2 – 0.0%
Omicron KQ.1 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB – 0.0%
Omicron JN.1.8.1 – 0.0%
Omicron JN.1.32 – 0.0%
Omicron JN.1.13.1 – 0.0%
Omicron XDP – 0.0%
Omicron JN.1.4.3- 0.0%
Omicron KV2 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2- 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.86- 0.0%
Omicron HV.1 – 0.0%
Omicron GE.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BA.2.86 – 0.0%
Omicron JG.3 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB – 0.0%
Omicron EG.5 – 0.0%
Omicron B.1.1.529 – 0.0%
Omicron JD.1.1 – 0.1%
Omicron BA.1.1 0.0%
Omicron HK.3 – 0.0%
Omicron EG.5.1.8 – 0.0%
Omicron JF.1 – 0.0%
Omicron FL.1.5.1 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB.1.9.1 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB 1.16.6 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB 1.16.17 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB.1.5.70- 0.0%
Omicron XBB 1.16.11 – 0.0%
Omicron GK.1.1- 0.0%
Omicron HF.1 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB 1.16.15 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB.2.3 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB 1.16 – 0.0%
Omicron GK.2- 0.0%
Omicron CH.1.1 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB.1.5 – 0.0%
Omicron EG.6.1 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB.1.16.1 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB.1.42.2 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB.1.5.68 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB.2.3.8 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB.1.9.2 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB.1.5.72- 0.0%
Omicron XBB.1.5.59 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB.1.5.10 – 0.0%
Omicron FD.1.1 – 0.0%
Omicron FE.1.1 – 0.0%
Omicron EU.1.1 – 0.0%
Omicron XBB.1.5.1- 0.0%
Omicron BQ.1.1 – 0.0%
Omicron BQ.1 – 0.0%
HHS Region 1 (it’s back!)
CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT
KP.2 – 36.6%
LB.1 – 26.7%
JN.1.7 – 9.3%
JN.1.8.1 – 9.3%
KP.3 – 9.3%
JN.1 – 8.7%
Dec 27
VT ( Wednesday updates)
Note (12/18/2024): Because of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, the COVID-19 Surveillance Report will be next updated on December 30, and return to its weekly cadence on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
Report Timeframe: December 8 to December 14, 2024
KP.3, XEC and MC variants are the dominant circulating variants. Some limited specimen quantities
may impact proportion accuracy, specifically the weeks of 11/10-11-23/2024. For more timely
data, see the National SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Surveillance System which includes data from Vermont
and other states. Source: Vermont Department of Health Whole Genome Sequencing program.
Concentrations remain low at most sites: Burlington, St. Albans, South Burlington, Middlebury, Ludlow, Essex Junction, and Montpelier. Some week-to-week fluctuation is expected.
106 weekly case count
0 Windham outbreaks
1235 total deaths
….
NH, as of 12/20/24
Cheshire – 172 deaths
Sullivan – 97 deaths
3,462 deaths total
….
MA, as of 12/19/24
“Updated every Thursday by 5 p.m.”
2204 new confirmed and probable cases, 6.950% 7-day avg positivity
8 new confirmed deaths
Counties, confirmed cases in last 7 days:
Franklin – 18 cases
Hampshire – 35 cases
Berkshire – 53 cases
Hampden – 178 cases
….
This wraps up December (get it, wraps?… heh) and 2024. The next reports will kick off 2025.