Daily Nantucket Coronavirus Testing Updates

Nantucket Cottage Hospital is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and will be providing updates on testing and confirmed cases on Nantucket. This page will be updated once per day around 5 p.m.

Interested in being tested for COVID-19? Click here.

Total number of COVID-19 tests performed at NCH: 8,686

Positive tests: 105 New positive tests today: 0 New positive tests in last 7 days: 12 7-day positive rate: 1.8%

Negative tests: 8,504

Pending tests: 77

Current COVID positive patients hospitalized at NCH: 0

Current patients under investigation (PUI) for COVID-19 hospitalized at NCH: 1*

COVID positive patients transferred: 2

COVID positive patients recovered: 62**

COVID positive patients still in isolation at home: 42**

Last updated: Sept. 21, at 4:45pm

Total tests, positive and negative tests, as well as transfers, are cumulative since March 16, 2020.

The total number of tests include symptomatic patients, asymptomatic individuals who registered for testing or were sponsored by their employer, as well as patients admitted to the hospital and those required to be tested prior to a medical procedure or surgery.

*a PUI is a patient admitted to the hospital with one or more symptoms consistent with COVID-19 who has pending test results. In most cases, this classification is removed once testing confirms the patient is negative for COVID-19.

**these specific numbers will be updated weekly

Graph last updated Sept. 21, 2020 at 4:55 pm

If you are experiencing any of the symptoms of COVID-19, including fever, sore throat, cough, runny nose or nasal congestion, shortness of breath, muscle aches, a loss of your sense of smell, or atypical symptoms concerning for COVID-19 (e.g. COVID toes), please come to the drive-through evaluation site at the main entrance of Nantucket Cottage Hospital, 57 Prospect Street. The evaluation site is open daily from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, and on Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 911.

IMPORTANT: Before you can be tested you must be registered with Mass General Brigham (formerly Partners Healthcare) by calling 866-211-6588. If you have received care at Nantucket Cottage Hospital in the past you are already registered, however, it is a good idea to confirm and update your information by calling the number above. Hours of operation to call and register: 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. Mon-Thurs; and 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Fridays.

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