A student at the Tisbury School has tested positive for Covid-19, Tisbury health agent Maura Valley confirmed Friday. School superintendent Matt D'Andrea wrote that an individual had tested positive in an earlier letter to parents.
Coronavirus cases continued to spike on the Vineyard and throughout the state, with the Island boards of health reporting an additional five new patients on Friday.
The state Department of Public Health reported nearly 1,000 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, their highest number in months despite Island health agents reporting no new cases of the virus on the Vineyard.
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported one new case of coronavirus Thursday, its second this week after announcing that it had admitted its first inpatient with the virus Wednesday.
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported one new case of coronavirus on the Island Friday, while Nantucket, which has had a spike in cases, was labeled red by the state.
With coronavirus cases inching upward across the state, Island boards of health reported one new positive Covid-19 patient on Tuesday from the TestMV site.