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Cape health officials say a  perfect storm of variants and pandemic fatigue contributed to a third wave of COVID-19 cases that filled area hospital beds and closed the doors of the Cape's largest school system for over a week this spring. By mid-March, the towns of Barnstable and Yarmouth had the highest positivity rates in the state. At one point Barnstable's positivity rate was 10.20% , more than five times the state average. Areas of the Cape continue to remain in the state's highest-risk red zone. While case numbers are dropping, Cape officials fear next week's April school vacatio...

Cape Cod Times State officials responding to a local outbreak of COVID-19 have detected 68 cases of "variants of concern" on Cape Cod, including 88% of the state’s P.1 cases. Genetic sequencing of positive COVID-19 cases in the past week in Barnstable County has resulted in the identification of 50 cases of the P.1 virus variant that originated in Brazil, according to the state Department of Public Health. That's all but seven of the 57 cases of P.1 that have been detected statewide, the DPH said. The state’s first case, announced March 16, was a Barnstable County woman in her 30s. G...