Six deaths, 217 new COVID-19 cases on Cape and Islands

Asad Jung, Cape Cod Times
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There were 5,524 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, increasing the total to 1,920,814 since the pandemic began, the state Department of Public Health reported on Thursday.

In their weekly report, state officials also noted 876 new probable cases of coronavirus for a statewide total of 178,424.

As of Nov. 8, 147 patients were primarily hospitalized with COVID-19-related illnesses and 540 total patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the state agency reported.

Forty-five patients were in intensive care units, or ICUs, and eight patients were intubated.

Closer to home, in Thursday's weekly report, state health officials said Barnstable County posted 196 new coronavirus cases, for a total of 45,769 since the pandemic started. Dukes County (Martha's Vineyard) reported 14 new coronavirus cases, for a to-date total of 4,218. Nantucket County reported seven new cases as well, for a total of 3,777.

Case numbers are lower than last week’s report, which showed 231 new cases on the Cape and Islands.

The state’s 14-day positivity rate was 6.02%. The 14-day positivity rate for Barnstable County came in at 7.8%, and 4.78% for Dukes and Nantucket counties.

Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis was treating 22 patients with coronavirus, two in the ICU. Falmouth Hospital reported five patients, two in the ICU.

Coronavirus deaths at 83 in the last week in Massachusetts, six in Barnstable County

State health officials said Thursday there were 83 new deaths statewide among people with confirmed cases of COVID-19, increasing the total deaths to 20,697 since the pandemic began.

There were 20 deaths statewide from probable cases of COVID-19. The number of deaths from probable cases is 1,512 in Massachusetts.

Barnstable County posted six new deaths, the state agency reported. The total probable and confirmed deaths from COVID-19 is 674 in Barnstable County. There were no new deaths in Dukes and Nantucket counties combined, for a total fatality count of 22 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 (94; 11,715; 7.97%); Bourne (33; 4,326; 7.15%); Brewster (19; 1,782; 7.17%); Chatham (16; 1,082; 11.61%); Dennis (28; 2,867; 7.84%); Eastham (7; 635; 7.07%); Falmouth (55; 5,709; 6.52%); Harwich (22; 2,556; 8.82%); Mashpee (32; 3,180; 8.51%); Orleans (11; 984; 7.78%): Provincetown (0; 492; 3.45%); Sandwich (40; 4,326; 9.32%); Truro (1; 209; 4.35%); Wellfleet (3; 337; 5.88%) and Yarmouth (39; 5,569; 7.91%).

This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: COVID-19 on Cape Cod: Six deaths, 217 new cases on Cape and Islands