Updated 4:30 pm
Two new COVID-19 cases were confirmed by the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Friday morning bringing the Island’s total to 14. It’s the first time in more than a week that the hospital has had a new positive result and the first report of a person under 20 years old.
The rise in Island cases comes as the rest of the state prepares for a surge in positive cases of COVID-19. On Wednesday, a month after declaring a state of emergency, Gov. Charlie Baker said the state has begun hitting its peak number of cases.
“At this point in time, based on the conversations we’re having everyday with our colleagues in the hospital community, we are in the surge, yes,” Baker said Wednesday.
The hospital has collected samples for 238 tests for the coronavirus with 14 positive, 223 negative, and one pending results. As of Friday, the hospital has zero patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
According to the Martha’s Vineyard boards of health, of those 14 confirmed cases, eight are female and six are male. Six of the cases are aged 50-59 years old, three cases are 60-69 years old, two are 30-39 years old, two are 20-29 years old, and one is 20 years old or younger.
At the state level on Friday, 159 new deaths brought the state total to 1,404, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Positive cases rose by 2,221 for a total of 34,402. The state has tested 148,744 people. State numbers still show only 12 cases in Massachusetts, showing that state reported numbers lag behind local numbers.
Updated to include current state numbers and Island case statistics. — Ed.
Are the 3 island covid patients who needed to be hospitalized and sent to Boston doing okay?
Finally, the question is asked! So many people read words that are not written when looking at these articles which lead to conclusions that are not there. If you do nothing but follow the Fed Guidelines released this week, we just had a clock reset for our little island community.
For those who are saying to themselves, “Oh, oh, here it comes,” I say bulls**t; I mean baloney!