6 deaths, 315 new COVID-19 cases on Cape and Islands

 

6 deaths, 315 new COVID-19 cases on Cape and Islands

Asad Jung

Cape Cod Times

Published Jan. 2, 2023

There were 8,327 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, increasing the total number of cases to 1,968,237 since the pandemic began, the state Department of Public Health reported on Thursday.     

In their weekly report, state officials also noted 1,592 new probable cases of coronavirus for a statewide total of 186,649.     

As of Dec. 29, 361 patients were primarily hospitalized with COVID-19-related illnesses and 1,149 patients in total were hospitalized with COVID-19, the state agency reported.   

Statewide, 105 patients were in intensive care units, or ICUs, and 35 patients were intubated.    

How many new COVID cases were there on Cape Cod?

Closer to home, in Thursday's weekly report, state health officials said Barnstable County posted new 289 coronavirus cases, for a total of 47,448 since the pandemic started. Dukes County (Martha's Vineyard) reported three new coronavirus cases, for a to-date total of 4,287. Nantucket County reported 23 new cases for a total of 3,880.   

The total case numbers at 315 are lower than last week’s report, which showed 398 new cases on the Cape and Islands.  

The state’s 14-day positivity rate was 9.92%. The 14-day positivity rate for Barnstable County came in at 11.2%, and 8.43% for Dukes and Nantucket counties.     

Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis was treating 29 patients with coronavirus, with one in the ICU. Falmouth Hospital reported 13 patients, with one in the ICU.  

State health officials said Thursday there were 113 new deaths statewide among people with confirmed cases of COVID-19, increasing the total deaths to 21,262 since the pandemic began.      

There were 34 deaths statewide from probable cases of COVID-19. The number of deaths from probable cases is 1,678 in Massachusetts.     

How many deaths from COVID-19 were there this week on Cape Cod?

Barnstable County posted five new deaths, the state agency reported. The total probable and confirmed deaths from COVID-19 is 722 in Barnstable County. There was one new death in Dukes and Nantucket counties combined, for a total fatality count of 24 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 (152; 12,136; 13.1%); Bourne (79; 4,513; 14.2%); Brewster (19; 1,852; 8.75%); Chatham (11; 1,117; 10.07%); Dennis (30; 2,963; 9.44%); Eastham (6; 655; 5.98%); Falmouth (95; 5,964; 8.4%); Harwich (32; 2,643; 13.62%); Mashpee (55; 3,295; 12.75%); Orleans (15; 1,028; 11.49%): Provincetown (less than five; 501; 4.26%); Sandwich (40; 4,430; 8.09%); Truro (less than five; 218; 3.13%); Wellfleet (less than five; 346; 7.25%) and Yarmouth (90; 5,787; 14.13%).