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Superintendent: 6 New COVID-19 Cases in 4 Schools; 3 at KHS

From Superintendent Thomas Scarice last night:

Dear Westport Families and Staff,

In our efforts to remain transparent with reports of positive Covid-19 cases associated with our schools, we will continue to provide these updates as information is confirmed. As of the time I am writing to you this evening we have 6 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 today. The reports came from the following schools:

  • Coleytown Elementary School - 1

  • Kings Highway Elementary School - 3

  • Bedford Middle School - 1

  • Staples High School - 1

Those impacted have been notified by school and District officials. As a reminder, families are asked to report positive of COVID-19 cases of students using our reporting voicemail or email regardless of whether the students are in remote or hybrid models of instruction. Please follow this link for more information on reporting.

Additionally, we want to remind families that students with pending Covid-19 tests should not return to school until receiving negative results. This approach is critical in helping us continue minimizing the potential for transmission in our schools.

Respectfully,

Thomas Scarice

Superintendent of Schools

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Sunday COVID-19 Summary: State Positivity Rates, Hospitalizations Down; Westport Numbers Remain Similar

This summary includes the total cases, deaths, and current hospitalizations in our town, county, and state.

The State does not publish any data on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday - so this summary does not include any information collected on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.

Data from the past three days will be published cumulatively in tomorrow evening’s daily update.

All data comes from Connecticut Open Data portal. Numbers as of 01/28/21:

Westport:

  • 1,241 positive or probable cases (total) +69 from last week

  • 26 deaths (total) +/- 0 from last week

  • 40,696 tests (total) +1,339 from last week

Fairfield County:

  • 72,026 positive or probable cases (total) +2,961 from last week

  • 1,982 Deaths (total) +46 from last week

  • 253 currently hospitalized; +3 from last week (as of 01/28/21)

Connecticut:

  • 250,023 positive or probable cases +12,208 from last week(total)

  • 7,046 deaths + 227 from last week (total)

  • 985 currently hospitalized - 113 from last week (as of 01/28/21)

State Daily Test Positivity:

  • 3.64% of COVID-19 tests administered came back positive (01/28/21)

  • DOWN from 4.93% on 01/21/21

The next update will be published tomorrow evening, and will include all data identified on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of this weekend.

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