Correction-COVID-19 update 7/23/20: 24 new cases on Cape Cod; Cluster of cases in Chatham traced to house party


CAPE COD – Due to a reporting error, the initial information posted was not up to date. The state says the problem was due to new federally mandated hospital reporting requirements. The corrected information is posted below:

Thursday’s Mass DPH report showed 16 new deaths from COVID-19 in Massachusetts since Wednesday’s report bringing the state total to 8,265. One of the latest deaths were from Barnstable County where the death toll is 155. Twenty-four new COVID-19 cases were reported in Barnstable County since Wednesday’s report.

Hospitalization:
Cape Cod Hospital – 1 hospitalized, 0 in intensive care.
Falmouth Hospital – 0 hospitalized, 0 in intensive care.

Click here to read the entire Mass DPH report for Thursday.

In other COVID-19 news, a cluster of cases in Chatham has been traced to a house party that included restaurant workers. Read the full story here.



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