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Westport-Weston Health District Resumes Use of Johnson and Johnson Vaccine with FDA Guidance

The Westport-Weston Health District announced today that they will resume their use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine schedule, starting with this Wednesday’s clinic. This comes after the FDA released information that describes the low risk of blood clot emergencies, and their guidance on resuming the use of the one-shot-wonder vaccine. 

From the Westport-Weston Health District

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have determined that the recommended pause regarding the use of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine in the United States should be lifted and the use of the vaccine should resume.

  • April 28th Vaccination Clinic will be a Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine clinic, as scheduled.

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Sunday COVID-19 Summary

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 04/22/21:

COVID-19 Cases

Westport:

  • 1,774 positive or probable cases (total) +33 from April 15

  • 31 deaths (total) + /0 from April 15

  • 59,878 tests (total) +1,632 from April 15

Fairfield County:

  • 97,049 positive or probable cases (total) +1,677 from April 15

  • 2,154 Deaths (total) +12 from April 15

  • 153 currently hospitalized (as of April 22)

Connecticut:

  • 334,766 positive or probable cases +5,704 from April 15

  • 7,995 deaths + 52 from April 15

  • 478 currently hospitalized (as of April 22)

State Daily Test Positivity:

  • 2.62 % of COVID-19 tests administered came back positive (on 04/22/21)

  • 2.27 % on 04/15/21

  • 3.50% on 04/01/21

  • 2.85% on 03/25/21

  • 2.87% on 03/18/21

  • 2.47% on 03/11/21

  • 1.84% on 03/04/21

Westport Vaccine Coverage:

Data Current as of: 04/15/2021

State of Connecticut Did Not Update the State Data Portal by April 22.

All Ages (est. 28,491 residents)

  • First Dose Coverage: 60.73%

  • First Dose Count: 17,302

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

  • First Dose Coverage: 105.74% vaccinated (?)

Ages 75+ (est. 2,132 residents)

  • First Dose Coverage: 89.26% 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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Superintendent: No COVID-19 Cases to Report ahead of Weekend 

From Superintendent Thomas Scarice

Dear Westport Families and Staff,

I am pleased to share that we have no new cases of Covid-19, associated with our schools, to report today. 

As a reminder, families are asked to report positive COVID-19 cases of students using our reporting voicemail or email regardless of whether the students are in remote or in-person 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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