Two new COVID-19 deaths in Barnstable County, 54 cases reported

Denise Coffey, Cape Cod Times
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According to the state Department of Public Health’s daily report on Thursday, there were 1,915 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, for a total of 1,765,659 since the pandemic began.

There were also 140 new probable cases of coronavirus, for a total of 159,043 statewide.

The DPH said that as of June 29, Massachusetts hospitals were treating 491 patients with COVID-19. Forty-eight of those patients were in the ICU and 15 were intubated.

In their daily report Thursday, DPH officials said Barnstable County had 54 new coronavirus cases, for a total of 40,411 since the pandemic started. There were 15 new coronavirus cases in Dukes County, for a total to date of 3,864. Nantucket County reported seven new cases, for a total of 3,581.

Cape Cod Hospital treating 16 coronavirus patients

The DPH also said the 14-day testing positivity rate for Cape Cod had declined to 5.94% Thursday from 6.24%.

Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis was treating 16 patients with coronavirus. One patient was in intensive care. Falmouth Hospital had eight patients, none of whom were in intensive care. Nantucket Cottage Hospital had one patient with coronavirus. That patient was not in the ICU. There was one patient with coronavirus in Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

DPH officials said in their Thursday daily report that there were eight new fatalities among people with confirmed cases of COVID-19, for a total of 19,709 since the pandemic began.

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There was one new death of a person with a probable case of COVID-19. The number of fatalities from probable cases is 1,235 in Massachusetts.

There were two new deaths in Barnstable County, the DPH said Thursday. The total probable and confirmed deaths from COVID-19 are 604 in Barnstable, and 18 in Dukes and Nantucket combined.

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

Barnstable (108; 10,466; 6.05%); Bourne (46; 3,899; 5.65%); Brewster (19; 1,590; 3.3%); Chatham (15; 911; 6.72%); Dennis (30; 2,500; 4.81%); Eastham (6; 541; 4.14%); Falmouth (84; 4,962; 5.89%); Harwich (45; 2,268; 7.89%); Mashpee (36; 2,766; 6.06%); Orleans (9; 840; 4.31%): Provincetown (less than 5; 467; 1.34%); Sandwich (55; 3,848; 7.38%); Truro (less than 5; 184; 2.38%); Wellfleet (7; 298; 8.05%) and Yarmouth (72; 4,871; 6.79%).

Contact Denise Coffey at dcoffey@capecodonline.com.

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