A flood of new residents on Cape Cod? How the COVID pandemic reconfigured the regional map, and how officials are responding Posted May 11, 5:30 AM The Sagamore Bridge over the Cape Cod Canal in September 2014.The Republican file Facebook Share The COVID pandemic has in many ways changed not only how people live and work, but where. And officials on Cape Cod are trying to get a handle on just how many people migrated to the popular summer destination over the past year — whether for the short-term or to stick around longer. “I’ve noticed there were a lot more people around last fall than is normal,” Peter Johnson-Staub, Falmouth’s assistant town manager told MassLive. “There’s been a huge spike in the price of real estate, a huge spike in building activity, which we’re sort of thinking is partly related to people moving here.”