OLD LYME/LYME — Old Lyme First Selectman Timothy Griswold confirmed in a text earlier today that no new cases have been reported in Old Lyme as at today’s date. He noted, however, that he had “not received this week’s update from Ledge Light.”
Ledge Light Health District normally issues an update on COVID-19 numbers on Friday afternoon. We will publish the details from that as soon as we receive the update.
There remain 16 confirmed COVID-19 case in Old Lyme plus one fatality.
The two most recent cases are a 48-year-old female and a 70-year-old male.
In an effort to clarify the growth in confirmed COVID-19 cases in Old Lyme, the table below is a summary of the cases that LymeLine has reported since March 31 when the first case was announced. It shows a fairly steady growth over time.
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Details of all Old Lyme’s confirmed cases to date are now as follows:
- a 64-year-old female
- a 21-year-old female
- a 27-year-old male,
- a 53-year-old female
- a 61-year-old female
- a 29-year-old female
- a 40-year-old male
- a 53-year-old male
- a 60-year-old female
- a 48-year-old male
- a 85-year-old female
- a 95-year-old female
- a 20-year-old female
- a 43-year-old female
- a 48-year-old female
- a 70-year-old male
The fatality, which is in addition to the confirmed cases listed above, was a 61-year-old female.
Griswold has previously noted that the 21-year-old female with a confirmed case was tested in Florida, but used an Old Lyme address although she does not live here. Because she gave the Old Lyme address, Griswold said that Ledge Light Health District must report her as an Old Lyme resident.
Lyme’s first and only confirmed case was a 34-year-old male.
Do we know if Ledge Light Health District has started contact tracing? Do we know if some of these cases are the result of being in contact with other cases from Old Lyme, or are they contracting the disease outside of Old Lyme?
Yes, LLHD is contact tracing. Began at least 2 weeks ago. I’m among a group of volunteers assiting with that.
To be fully informed we need to know numbers recovered, hospitalized and tested. A FOIA filing should done.
DPH website states 252 tested in Old Lyme as of May 22. No town breakdown on hospitalizations,