COVID Cases Constant in Old Lyme at 23 Including Two Fatalities

OLD LYME/LYME — Hailing it as , “Good news!,” Old Lyme First Selectman Timothy Griswold confirmed to LymeLine by text message Friday afternoon, July 10, that no new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Old Lyme since our last report.

There remain 21 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Old Lyme plus two fatalities. Eight of these surviving cases are male and the remaining 13 are female. The two fatalities were a 61-year-old female and an 83-year-old male.

To demonstrate the growth in confirmed COVID-19 cases in Old Lyme, the table below is a summary of the cases that LymeLine.com has reported since March 31 when the first case was announced and also includes both fatalities.

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Details of all Old Lyme’s confirmed surviving cases to date are now as follows:

1. Female, age 64
2. Female, age 21
3. Male, age 27
4. Female, age 53
5. Female, age 61
6. Female, age 29
7. Male, age 40
8. Male, age 53
9. Female, age 60
10. Male, age 48
11. Female, age 85
12. Female, age 95
13. Female, age 20
14. Female, age 43
15. Female, age 48
16. Male, age 70
17. Male, age 67
18. Female, age 68
19. Male, age 73
20. Male, age 21
21. Female, age 48

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 is a 34-year-old male.