Health & Fitness
Marblehead Coronavirus: Town Has First Presumptive Positive Cases
Marblehead health officials said they will not announce any additional cases now that the coronavirus has been found in the community.
MARBLEHEAD, MA — The town said Wednesday that it has its first presumed case of coronavirus.
A "presumptive positive" designation means the person tested positive at the state lab, but has'the test has not been confirmed by Centers for Disease Control.
Health Director Andrew Petty said in a statement that the town was conducting "extensive contact tracing" on the resident. The person's identity is not being released because of health privacy rules.
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"Since the risk level throughout Massachusetts is rising and COVID-19 is now in our community, we will not be announcing any more cases of COVID-19 in the community," Petty said.
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