Covid Case update 10-30-2020

October 30, 2020

Weekly COVID-19 Update

The current total cases of COVID-19 for the Town of Harwich is 173. This is an increase of 5 cases over the last 7 days. We are currently following 5 active cases.

To date 5860 tests of residents in Harwich have been conducted and our positivity rate has increases this week to 1.51%. As expected, we are now a yellow color on the Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 incidence map, showing a higher incidence than last week. Harwich has an incidence rate of 4.5, compared to last week at 2.3.

As we all make plans for holiday breaks, keep in mind the Travel Order that requires residents to test or quarantine if coming back from a higher risk State. Please get familiar with the Travel Order: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-travel-order

Thank you,

Meggan Eldredge

Health Director