Westport Cumulative COVID-19 Cases Up 11; No Deaths; State Positivity Rate 4.49%
The Westport-Weston Health District reports that Westport has added 11 positive or probable COVID-19 cases, and has added 0 new deaths.
Westport total positive or probable cases: 1,581 cases. Westport total COVID-19 Deaths: 30 deaths.
State Daily Test Positivity: 4.49%
Westport Cumulative COVID-19 Cases Up 17; No Deaths; State Positivity Rate 3.59%
The Westport-Weston Health District reports that Westport has added 17 positive or probable COVID-19 cases, and has added 0 new deaths. This includes data from Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Westport total positive or probable cases: 1,570 cases. Westport total COVID-19 Deaths: 30 deaths.
State Daily Test Positivity: 3.59%
Sunday COVID-19 Summary: Despite Public School Cases, Case Numbers Still Declining
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 03/18/21:
COVID-19 Cases
Westport:
1,553 positive or probable cases (total) +56 from last week
30 deaths (total) +1 from last week
52,535 51,126 tests (total) +1,406 from last week
Fairfield County:
85,225 positive or probable cases (total) +1,922 from last week
2,097 Deaths (total) +23 from last week
115 currently hospitalized; +10 from last week (as of 03/18/21)
Connecticut:
296,691 positive or probable cases +6,114 from last week(total)
7,832 deaths + 67 from last week (total)
402 currently hospitalized +21 from last week (as of 03/18/21)
State Daily Test Positivity:
2.87% of COVID-19 tests administered came back positive (on 03/18/21)
UP from 2.47% on 03/11/21
UP from 1.84% on 03/04/21
Westport Vaccine Coverage:
Data Current as of: 03/15/2021
All Ages (est. 28,491 residents)
First Dose Coverage: 27.31% vaccinated [+4.21% from last week]
First Dose Count: 7,781 [+1,201 from last week]
Ages 65-74 (est. 2,472 residents)
First Dose Coverage: 87.22% vaccinated [+5.01% from last week]
Ages 75+ (est. 2,132 residents)
First Dose Coverage: 84.24 vaccinated [+1.41% from last week]
The next update will be published tomorrow evening, and will include all data identified on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of this weekend.
Westport Public Schools: 40 Positive Cases, Almost 400 Quarantined.
From the Westport Public Schools COVID-19 Dashboard.The Westport Public Schools COVID-19 numbers continue to grow, as nearly 400 students and staff are now forced home to quarantine with 40 people testing positive for coronavirus. Multiple sports teams and extracurricular activities are reported by parents through social media as affected.
The majority of the cases are from the Staples High School community, with 19 positive cases and 106 members in quarantine.