The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported one new confirmed coronavirus case Thursday morning, bringing the total number of confirmed cases on the Vineyard to 16.

After several days of declining numbers, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported 3,079 new confirmed cases statewide, the largest single-day increase since the pandemic began.

On the Vineyard, a total of 311 tests have been done, with 16 positives, 292 negatives and three tests pending, according to the hospital's website. 

Data supplied later in the day by the Boards of Health indicated that the sixteenth patient is a man in his sixties. To date, there are seven men and nine women in the group of confirmed cases, broken down by age groups as follows: one under 20, two in the 20-29 age group, two in the 30-39 age group, seven in the 50-59 group and four in the 60-69 age group.

No one is currently hospitalized here with the virus.

As they prepare for a possible surge in Covid-19 cases, hospital leaders announced early this week that they would no longer accept maternity patients seeking to transfer their care to the Island.

As of Thursday, more than 46,000 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Massachusetts since the outbreak began out of the more than 195,000 who have been tested. A total of 2,360 people have died, up 178 from the day before.