Cape Cod, Martha s Vineyard and Nantucket are going through what a local public health official described as impressive case spikes, but local business leaders said the region is primed for a record-breaking summer tourism season on the other side of this third major wave of COVID-19.
Vaira Harik of the Barnstable County Department of Human Services said Thursday morning that Cape Cod and the Islands are suffering disproportionately higher case rates of COVID-19 compared to the rest of the state. Barnstable County has seen about 97 new cases per day while Martha s Vineyard and Nantucket are each confirming about nine new cases each day, she said.
Cape Cod seeing COVID-19 surge in multiple communities
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