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Westport-Weston Health District Postpones Thursday COVID-19 Vaccines until Monday due to Snow

Press Release

Current weather reports predict a heavy snow fall with possible accumulations of up to 8 inches. In the interest of public and patient safety when traveling to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine, the WWHD has moved the 2/18/21 appointments to Monday, 2/22/21.  Please keep your same appointment time on 2/22/21, only the clinic date has changed.  The location for Monday’s clinic also remains the same – Westport Senior Center (21 Imperial Ave, Westport, CT 06880).

Please call the Health District if you have any questions about the new clinic date.  (203)227-9571

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Sunday COVID-19 Summary: 65.6% of Westporters (75+), 10% of CT, Receive Vaccine

This summary includes the total cases, deaths, vaccines, 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 02/12/21:

Westport:

  • 1,331 positive or probable cases (total) +90 from last week

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

  • 44,123 tests (total) +1,720 from last week

Fairfield County:

  • 76,511 positive or probable cases (total) +2,107 from last week

  • 1,986 Deaths (total) +39 from last week

  • 194 currently hospitalized; -20 from last week (as of 02/12/21)

Connecticut:

  • 267,337 positive or probable cases +7,965 from last week(total)

  • 7,381 deaths + 167 from last week (total)

  • 674 currently hospitalized - 153 from last week (as of 02/12/21)

State Daily Test Positivity:

  • 2.22% of COVID-19 tests administered came back positive (on 02/12/21)

  • DOWN from 3.04% on 02/04/21

Westport Vaccines:

Data Current as of: 02/10/2021

All Ages
Total Population: 28,491
Total First Doses: 2,758
Total First Dose Coverage: 9.7%


Age 75 and Older
Population: 2,049
Total First Doses: 1,345
Total First Dose Coverage: 65.6%

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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Superintendent: 3 New COVID-19 Cases in 2 Schools

Press Release from 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 3 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19. The reports came from the following schools:

  • Greens Farms Elementary School - 2

  • 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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