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Superintendent: 5 New Cases in 3 Schools; 3 at Staples

From the WPS Reopening Dashboard 
From the WPS Reopening Dashboard
Press Release

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

  • Coleytown Elementary School - 1

  • Coleytown Middle School - 1

  • Staples High School - 3

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: Westport Tests Slowing, Vaccines Increasing

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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 03/04/21:

COVID-19 Cases

Westport:

  • 1,438 positive or probable cases (total) +38 from last week

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

  • 49,820 tests (total) +1,628 from last week

Fairfield County:

  • 81,783 80,243 positive or probable cases (total) +1,540 from last week

  • 2,074 Deaths (total) +23 from last week

  • 118 currently hospitalized; -22 from last week (as of 03/04/21)

Connecticut:

  • 285,330 positive or probable cases +5,384 from last week(total)

  • 7,622 deaths + 82 from last week (total)

  • 451 currently hospitalized - 23 from last week (as of 03/04/21)

State Daily Test Positivity:

  • 1.84% of COVID-19 tests administered came back positive (on 02/25/21)

  • DOWN from 2.22% on 02/25/21

Westport Vaccine Coverage:

Data Current as of: 03/04/2021

All Ages (est. 28,491 residents)

  • First Dose Coverage: 17.7% vaccinated [+2.43% from last week]

  • First Dose Count: 5,046 [+695 from last week]

Ages 65-74 (est. 2,472 residents)

  • First Dose Coverage: 75% vaccinated

Ages 75+ (est. 2,132 residents)

  • First Dose Coverage: 81% vaccinated

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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