News alert: 6 deaths, 287 new COVID-19 cases on Cape and Islands

 

6 deaths, 287 new COVID-19 cases on Cape and Islands

Assad Jung Cape Cod Times 

Published Dec 10, 2022 

There were 7,499 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, increasing the total number of cases to 1,942,303 since the pandemic began, the state Department of Public Health reported on Thursday.     

In their weekly report, state officials also noted 1,195 new probable cases of coronavirus for a statewide total of 181,940 in that category.     

As of Dec. 6, 239 patients were primarily hospitalized with COVID-19-related illnesses, and 766 total patients were hospitalized with COVID-19, the state agency reported.   

Sixty-seven patients were in intensive care units, or ICUs, and 27 patients were intubated.    

Closer to home, in Thursday's weekly report, state health officials said Barnstable County posted 255 new coronavirus cases, for a total of 46,564 since the pandemic started. Dukes County (Martha's Vineyard) reported 14 new coronavirus cases, for a to-date total of 4,260. Nantucket County reported 18 new cases for a total of 3,804.   

Case numbers are higher than last week’s report, which showed 220 new cases on the Cape and Islands.  

The state’s 14-day positivity rate was 7.26%. The 14-day positivity rate for Barnstable County came in at 9.04%, and 4.47% for Dukes and Nantucket counties.     

Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis was treating 17 patients with coronavirus, with one in the ICU. Falmouth Hospital reported five patients, none in the ICU.  

State health officials said Thursday there were 76 new deaths statewide among people with confirmed cases of COVID-19, increasing the total number of deaths to 20,972 since the pandemic began.      

There were 10 deaths statewide from probable cases of COVID-19. The number of deaths from probable cases is 1,602 in Massachusetts.     

Barnstable County posted six new deaths, the state agency reported. The total number of probable and confirmed deaths from COVID-19 is 698 in Barnstable County. There were no new deaths in Dukes and Nantucket counties combined, for a total fatality count of 23 since the pandemic began in March 2020.        

The two-week COVID-19 case count, total case count and 14-day testing positivity rate for Cape Cod towns follows:         

Barnstable (105; 11,917; 10.99%); Bourne (32; 4,399; 7.45%); Brewster (23; 1,815; 9.43%); Chatham (11; 1,102; 9.79%); Dennis (30; 2,925; 9.62%); Eastham (6; 646; 7.37%); Falmouth (58; 5,817; 7.13%); Harwich (28; 2,599; 11.45%); Mashpee (22; 3,229; 6.4%); Orleans (16; 1,007; 10.78%): Provincetown (less than five; 499; 7.14%); Sandwich (31; 4,377; 7.39%); Truro (less than five; 215; 8%); Wellfleet (less than five; 342; 4.55%) and Yarmouth (58; 5,675; 11.16%).