Superintendent: No New COVID-19 Cases Going into Weekend
Press ReleaseDear Westport Families and Staff,
I am pleased to share with you this afternoon that we have had no new positive cases of Covid-19 reported at our schools today.
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.
The positive update from today, combined with the nice weather this afternoon, starts our weekend off on the right note.
Respectfully,
Thomas Scarice
Superintendent of Schools
Westport Cumulative COVID-19 Cases Up 12; No Deaths; State Positivity Rate 3.88%
The Westport-Weston Health District reports that Westport has added 12 positive or probable COVID-19 cases, and has added 0 new deaths.
Westport total positive or probable cases: 1,608 cases. Westport total COVID-19 Deaths: 30 deaths.
State Daily Test Positivity: 3.88%
Four Days Early: State Moves Vaccine Date for Ages 16+ to April 1
From the Hartford Courant, by Emily Brindley
In another acceleration of Connecticut’s coronavirus vaccination timeline, state officials announced Thursday that all residents aged 16 and older will become eligible for vaccination appointments on April 1.
The new timeline will allow Connecticut adults to begin making vaccination appointments four days earlier than expected — under the most recent iteration of the vaccine rollout, the general population was slated to become eligible on April 5.
The accelerated date will place Connecticut in the top 15 earliest states to open vaccine eligibility to all residents. The earliest, Alaska, opened eligibility in early March, according to CNN, and an additional 11 states will make that move before the end of March.
Connecticut will share an April 1 expansion date with Montana, edging ahead of five other states that are still slated to expand on April 5.
Westport Cumulative COVID-19 Cases Up 15; No Deaths; State Positivity Rate 4.3%
The Westport-Weston Health District reports that Westport has added 15 positive or probable COVID-19 cases, and has added 0 new deaths.
Westport total positive or probable cases: 1,596 cases. Westport total COVID-19 Deaths: 30 deaths.
State Daily Test Positivity: 4.30%