Two New COVID Cases in Old Lyme Take Total to 34, Lyme Steady at 11 Cases

OLD LYME / LYME — Updated 11/1, 12:15am with ages of new cases and response from LLHD regarding state data. Ledge Light Health District (LLHD) reported two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Old Lyme in their COVID-19 summary for the week ending Oct. 30, which was published Friday evening.

This latest cases in Old Lyme were both male, one aged 56 and the second aged 20.

No new cases in Lyme were reported.

The total number of cases in Old Lyme is now 34 including two fatalities. The number of surviving cases in Old Lyme now comprises 17 males and 15 females ranging in age from 19- to 82-years-old. The two fatalities were a 61-year-old female and an 82-year-old male.

The total number of cases in Lyme remains at 11 comprising five females and six males ranging in age from one- to 68-years-old. There have been no fatalities in Lyme.

Stephen Mansfield, LLHD Director of Health, introduced Friday evening’s report, which covers all the towns in the LLHD and includes Lyme and Old Lyme, thus, “Our contact tracers continue to report that they have observed many instances of family and social gathering connections.”

He continues, “We are also seeing a significant number of cases associated with sporting events.”

Mansfield notes, however, “Cases associated with institutions (schools, long-term care facilities, etc.) remain relatively low.”

Ledge Light Health District states their data may conflict with the data DPH reports on their website, as there is often a delay in posting data at the state level. The data LLHD reports is current as of noon on the Friday on which it is issued.

The CT DPH is currently reporting 41 confirmed cases in Old Lyme on the CT Open Data website. We asked Mansfield to explain the possible reasons for  this discrepancy and he responded Saturday, Oct. 31, “I don’t have an explanation as to why the state numbers are different than the numbers that are reported to us. I have reached out to the state epidemiologist how to determine if they have an explanation for the discrepancy.”

We also asked about the question of contact tracing if the numbers were different, and Mansfield explained, “Contact tracing is done through a partnership between local health districts and DPH.”

Gender and age details of the confirmed cases in Lyme to date are:

1. Male, age 34
2. Female, age 61
3. Female, age 34
4. Male, age 1
5. Male, age 34
6. Male, age 20
7. Male, aged 68
8. Female, age 21
9. Female, age 62
10. Male, age unknown
11. Female, age 51

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 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 45
11. Female, age 20
12. Female, age 43
13. Female, age 48
14. Male, age 70
15. Male, age 67
16. Female, age 68
17. Male, age 50
18. Male, age 21
19. Female, age 48
20. Female, age 34
21. Male, age 20
22. Male, age 28
23. Male, age 74
24. Male, age 61
25. Female, age 19
26. Male, age 31
27. Female, age 25
28. Male, age 61
29. Male, age 35
30. Female, age 38
31. Male, age 56
32. Male, age 20

Old Lyme First Selectman Timothy Griswold has previously noted that the 21-year-old female with a confirmed case (#2 in the list immediately above) 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 LLHD must report her as an Old Lyme resident.

Residents and businesses are urged to access up-to-date information regarding the pandemic from reputable sources including the Ledge Light Health District website (www.llhd.org), Facebook (@LedgeLightHD), Twitter (@LedgeLightHD), and Instagram (@LedgeLightHD).

Editor’s Note: Ledge Light Health District (LLHD) serves as the local health department in southeast Connecticut for the towns of Lyme and Old Lyme as well as East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, New London, North Stonington,  Stonington and Waterford. As a health district, formed under Connecticut General Statutes Section 19a-241, LLHD is a special unit of government, allowing member municipalities to provide comprehensive public health services to residents in a more efficient manner by consolidating the services within one organization.