The coronavirus pandemic is making a comeback in Massachusetts.
Though the upcoming rollout of vaccines to protect people against the deadly disease offers a glimmer of hope, the initial amounts will be limited, and the winter months ahead are expected to be grim and harrowing, both in Massachusetts and nationally.
These seven charts paint a sobering picture of where we are in the current surge â and offer signs of where we might be heading.
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1. The number of cases reported per day
In this first chart, daily case totals reported by the state are shown since the beginning of the pandemic, along with seven-day averages. The chart shows a mountain of cases per day in the spring as a terrified state hunkered down at home, a decrease in cases to a low point around late June, and then a disturbing rise in cases again starting around late September.
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