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New cases of COVID-19 remain low, with just one new case reported at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital last week. The new case was a 50-year-old man who was symptomatic, according to the Health Boards Weekly Report.
Over the past month, new cases were at their all-year low, with just eight cases reported in June. Last week, boards of health reported no new cases the week of June 20 – the first time no new cases have been reported in a week this year.
Since the start of the pandemic, 1,507 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Martha’s Vineyard. Of these, 744 are men, 733 are women and 30 are unknown. The majority of island cases were in their 30s, with 348 reported cases, followed by people in their 20s, with 270.
The hospital administered over 27,000 doses of vaccine – 13,636 first doses and 13,594 second doses.
As of July 2, the hospital had administered a total of 20,277 COVID tests. Of these, 1,091 are positive and 19,178 are negative.
The TestMV site administered a total of 38,862 COVID tests. Of these 375 are positive, 37,862 negative and 167 are awaiting results.
The town of Aquinnah administered 456 tests, with two positive results.
The Wampanoag tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) have reported a total of 14 positive cases of COVID-19.
There have been 18 positive tests reported from public schools in Martha’s Vineyard, out of a total of 16,122 tested.
Due to the way the tests are performed, there may be a discrepancy between the number of positive people and the number of positive tests reported.
The island has reported nine COVID clusters, including an October wedding (eight cases), Cronig’s Market (19 cases), a Bible study group (11 cases), MV Hospital (five cases), Project Headway (four cases) , King’s Barbershop (eight cases), Shirley’s Hardware (six employees), the Barn Bowl & Bistro (nine cases) and the Cardboard Box (three). A cluster is defined as more than two people from different families or households with a common source of infection.
At the state level, as of July 2, the most recent data available, 79 new cases were reported, for a total of 663,977 since the start of the pandemic. A new death on July 2 brought the total number of deaths in the state to 17,634.
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