New report reveals where COVID-19 clusters occur most frequently

After Gov.

Charlie Baker promised to revise how the state is reporting information about COVID-19 infections, the state data dashboard is being revised to include information about clusters of infection, defined as where two or more people have been infected from a common exposure.

4400 CLUSTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS.A CLUSTER IS WHEN TWO OR MOREPEOPLE ARE INFECTED BY A COMMONTHEY HOPE I’M MAKING THISINFORMATION PUBLIC, IT WILL HELPALL OF US DO MORE TO STOP THESPREAD OF THE VIRUS.STARTING NOW IN THE ONLINECOVID-19 DATA DASHBOARD, LOOK ATWHAT CONTACT TRACERS ANDMASSACHUSETTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TOLEARN ABOUT CLUSTERS.IT’S DIVIDED INTO CATEGORIES,AND HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT THEYFOUND SO FAR.80% OF THE CASES THAT ARE TIEDTO CLUSTERS COME FROMHOUSEHOLDS.THAT IS NEARLY 3900 CLUSTERS ANDHOUSEHOLD, WHICH HAS LED TO 7500CONFIRMED CASES.THE SECOND-BIGGEST GROUP OFCLUSTERS, LONG-TERM CAREFACILITIES.141 CLUSTERS.THE STATE SAYS THERE IS SOMEGOOD NEWS.PLACES WITH PROTECTIVE MEASURESIN PLACE HAVE NOT HAD A HUGEAMOUNT OF CLUSTERS.CHILDCARE, 55, SCHOOLS 26,COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 23.AND OFFICES FOUR CLUSTERS.SOCIAL GATHERINGS, 33 CLUSTERS.THOUGH THERE IS CONCERN THAT NOTEVERYONE IS BEING FORTHCOMING.RESTAURANTS AND FOOD COURTS, 29CLUSTERS.ORGANIZED ATHLETICS 28 CLUSTERS.ALL OF THIS INFORMATION COMESFROM CONTACT TRACERS WORKING FORSTATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.SO FAR THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLETO TRACE ABOUT HALF OF THEINFECTIONS.AND ARE ASKING EVERYONE IF YOUGET A CALL FROM A CONTACT TRACERANSWER THE PHONE CON CALL THEMBACK AND PROVIDE INFORMATION