Colin A. Young
State House News Service
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 say 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, last Thursday said the Cape Cod and the Islands are "suffering disproportionately higher case rates" of COVID-19 compared with 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.