On Friday Greenwich First Selectman issued a Covid update saying the town is seeing an uptick in the number of reported cases.
Between Wednesday, November 17 and 3:00pm on Friday Nov 19, there were 35 new cases diagnosed, according to Health Director Caroline Baisley.
The Health department was tracking a total of 96 active cases. As of Friday, 6,027 residents had tested positive for Covid.
Age breakdown of the newest COVID cases that Greenwich Health Department is tracking:
- 0 – 10 years: 10
- 11 – 20 years: 3
- 21 – 30 years: 3
- 31 – 40 years: 3
- 41 – 50 years: 8
- 51 – 60 years: 6
- 61 – 70 years: 3
- 71- 100 years: 0
In Greenwich Public Schools, the number active cases was 26 as of Friday.
According to the district’s data tracker, 19 of the cases involved outside activities or family transmission. Six people had undetermined causes. One was an in-school transmission.
There were 21 student cases, plus two service providers, and one teacher, administrator and non-teaching staff.
On Friday, Greenwich Hospital was treating five Covid-positive patients, none of whom was unvaccinated. One was in the ICU.
The cumulative number of residents who died from the disease remained at 96.
Latest vaccination rates for Greenwich residents.
The vaccination rates continue to increase incrementally week to week.
The one age category that did not have any increase was people age 25-44.
Full vaccination rates as reported by the CT Dept of Health and Human Services as of November 10:
- Age 12 – 17 – 87.83% of 5,449 residents
- Age 18 – 24 – 81.25% of 4,037 residents
- Age 25 – 44 – 66.66% of 13,580 residents
- Age 45 – 64 – 81.56% of 18,950 residents
- Age 65 + – 90.95% of 10,466 residents
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See also:
Yale New Haven Health Covid Update: Pediatric Vaccines, Masking School Children, Booster
Greenwich Health Dept: Stay on Top of COVID over the Thanksgiving Holiday