Six deaths, 298 new COVID-19 cases on Cape and Islands

Assad Jung

Cape Cod Times

Published Sept 3, 2022

 There were 7,790 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, increasing the total number of cases to 1,845,953 since the pandemic began, the state Department of Public Health reported Thursday.      

In their weekly report, state officials also noted 952 new probable cases of coronavirus for a statewide total of 168,039.      

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As of Aug. 31, 199 patients were primarily hospitalized with COVID-19-related illnesses and 606 total patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the state agency reported. 

Fifty-six patients were in intensive care units, or ICUs, and 21 patients were intubated.   

Barnstable County has 271 new cases 

Closer to home, in Thursday's weekly report, state health officials said Barnstable County posted 271 new coronavirus cases, for a total of 43,089 since the pandemic started in March 2020. Dukes County (Martha's Vineyard) reported 19 new coronavirus cases, for a to-date total of 4,089. Nantucket County reported eight new cases, for a total of 3,711.     

Case numbers are similar to last week’s report, which showed 297 new COVID-19 cases on the Cape and Islands. 

The state’s 14-day positivity rate was 7.88%. The 14-day positivity rate for Barnstable County came in at 8.77%, and 6.42% for Dukes and Nantucket counties.    

Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis was treating 10 patients with coronavirus, with none in the ICU. Falmouth Hospital reported six patients, with one patient in the ICU. Martha’s Vineyard Hospital had two patients. Nantucket Cottage Hospital had one patient being treated for coronavirus.   

State health officials said Thursday there were 49 new deaths statewide among people with confirmed cases of COVID-19, increasing the total deaths to 20,112 since the pandemic began in March 2020.       

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There were 24 deaths statewide from probable cases of COVID-19. The total number of deaths from probable cases is 1,351 in Massachusetts.      

Barnstable County posted six new deaths, the state agency reported. The total probable and confirmed deaths from COVID-19 is 644 in Barnstable County. There were no new deaths in Dukes and Nantucket counties combined, for a total fatality count of 20 since the pandemic started.         

Town-by-town breakdown of COVID data

The two-week COVID-19 case count, total case count and 14-day testing positivity rate (Eastham was lowest at 3.17%) for Cape Cod towns follows:          

Barnstable (129; 11,106; 10.49%); Bourne (47; 4,103; 7.89%); Brewster (17; 1,683; 4.38%); Chatham (20; 1,005; 17.16%); Dennis (24; 2,684; 6.07%); Eastham (less than five; 579; 3.17%); Falmouth (75; 5,338; 8.61%); Harwich (37; 2,425; 10.82%); Mashpee (33; 2,982; 7.4%); Orleans (8; 892; 5.16%): Provincetown (five; 480; 8.2%); Sandwich (30; 4,061; 6.89%); Truro (less than five; 198; 5.71%); Wellfleet (six; 320; 7.79%) and Yarmouth (71; 5,233; 11.64%).