Updated 8 pm
Martha’s Vineyard has its third confirmed case of COVID-19, according to Tisbury health agent Maura Valley. Valley was unable to provide additional details at this time.
On Saturday, the Department of Public Health (DPH) released its daily count of confirmed cases and deaths due to COVID-19. The Dukes and Nantucket counties are added together in a single column, which makes individual county totals difficult to confirm. Four new cases brought the combined amount to eight in the two counties, but it was unclear which cases were on which Island until there was confirmation from local health officials. No other counties are combined in the DPH’s daily count.
Nantucket Cottage Hospital reported five confirmed cases in their daily update Saturday, leading to the conclusion that there were three in Dukes County.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state increased drastically Saturday with 1,017 new cases, the largest one-day increase since the Department of Public Health began releasing data.
With over a thousand new cases the total confirmed case count is 4,257. More than 35,000 people in Massachusetts have taken tests.
Nine new deaths were reported, bringing the statewide total to 44.
Updated to include confirmation from Maura Valley. — Ed.
Three cases in a population of around 16,000. So somewhere around 99.00006 percent of the population is fine.
Please, BS, I would be more cautious about making such an assumption – which might turn out to be the mother of that with which we are familiar.
You are correct in pointing out that the vast majority of people on this island are uninfected. Keep in mind that there are closer to 30,000 here right now, and some are infected without yet showing symptoms. It’s still critical for people to employ the precautions we’ve all heard ad nauseam to keep our island community safe.
Denial, incorrect facts, and ignorance are dangerous to the community. I’m glad the Times allows these comments so that those with more understanding of the seriousness of the situation can correct what is so inappropriate and wrong about commenting BS.
BS.Confirmed cases, not actual cases. The only way your statement could be accurate was if we had all been tested.We all know this is not the case. We can say that however many people who have taken the test are, or at least were ok. As for the rest of us, the only answer is we just don’t know.
No it just means there are three confirmed cases so far. We don’t know how many people with symptoms have been tested which means there could be more cases out there.
I think the population is quite a bit more than 16,000 although I don’t have an exact figure which would make those infected even less. If Facebook and all of it’s derivatives shut down along with the construction sites for 2 weeks you would see alot of the drama mongering and panic subside as well.
Nobody really knows anything so why don’t we all just pipe down, and try to help each other even if it’s only lending an ear over the phone to a distressed friend. I do wish people would wear more masks or even scarves over their faces and practice the new 6 foot rule. Surprising how many people don’t.
Every health professional will tell you there are many more infected who don’t know it, and it is just a matter of time before some of them show symptoms. The Island is just behind the progression seen in the rest of the state. The numbers will increase slowly, then suddenly, which is what has happened elsewhere. Not sure what the exact demographic is on the island, but I suspect we have more older people than many parts of the state, meaning a large vulnerable population. Stay home, save lives.