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The statewide positivity rate for COVID-19 shows Provincetown and Chilmark with higher rates. A nursing home in West Yarmouth also recently identified 24 cases among residents and nine among staff.
A spike in COVID-19 cases on Cape Cod has prompted the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to issue new protocols for long-term care facilities in Barnstable County.
The department said in a July 19 memorandum to Cape facilities that it was implementing new rules in response to a “marked increase” in cases in the region.
The memo called for nursing homes and other facilities to test employees who are not fully vaccinated before every shift. That’s more strict than the guidelines in place statewide since May, which call for weekly testing.
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