Multiple people have tested positive for coronavirus at a popular summer camp in Dix Hills.

The Suffolk Health Department confirmed that there were one or two cases at Park Shore Country Day Camp Monday night, but News 12 has learned that a total of five staff members have tested positive.

Parents were notified by email yesterday that at least one staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. The camp was made aware of the positive case on Friday. Since then, they've been working with Suffolk County Department of Health to keep their staff and campers safe.

The camp followed protocols like contact tracing, which helped them discover four other staff members had contracted the virus. All five had been together outside of camp.

Also because of the contact tracing, three groups of campers are home quarantining but have not tested positive.

Camp was in session this morning and on Monday, because they had a contingency plan in place for if someone tested positive.

A parent with children attending Park Shore Country Day Camp said was notified by the camp via email Monday. She'd already dropped her kids off but said she was not worried as they'd been taking precautions prior to the positive cases.

"I work in HR and we've had to do our own share of things like this throughout the course of the pandemic. You do your best and I felt comfortable that they were," she explained.

Each day campers have their temperatures taken before camp and at lunch. All activities are outdoors and campers move from each area, where masks are required. Items like sunscreen are never shared and interaction with other groups are minimal. Prior to the start of camp, they had to submit a negative coronavirus test and record their temperature for two weeks.

She added, "If they felt that it was worrisome enough to shut down the camp, I believe they would have done that."

In response to the cases, Northwell Health's Dr. Bruce Hirsch says he has a "low level of concern about spread from this specific exposure."

"It's not absolutely safe, there is a low but definite risk," he says. "And it's risk versus benefit, and it's the risk of a small chance of contracting this, versus the benefit of being active, outside, with all the developmental and recreational benefits of this kind of experience."

Statement from Park Shore Country Day Camp:

"On Friday evening, July, 24th, we were informed by one of our staff members that they tested positive for COVID-19. Our health director immediately contacted the New York State Public Health Department Bureau of Communicable Disease Control hotline and apprised them of our situation. Under the guidance of them and the Suffolk County Public Health Department as well as our medical team we initiated each and every protocol provided by them before camp opened on Monday in order to maintain the continuous health and safety of all of our campers and staff. This includes contact tracing and quarantining of any individual who may have been exposed to any of these staff members. This information helped us find out that 4 other staff members who all socialize together outside of camp also tested positive. There are 3 camp pods that are quarantined due to the tracing that took place. With the help of our public health officials and the Park Shore medical team we are confident that camp remains a safe environment for all of our campers and staff. We are happy to say that almost all of our campers returned to camp on Tuesday and look forward to enjoying their camp activities with their friends."