LYME/OLD LYME — Ledge Light Health Department (LLHD) issued their most recent Weekly COVID-19 Report this afternoon, Friday, Dec. 18.
Stephen Mansfield, LLHD Director of Health, prefaces the report with this statement, “Our contact tracers continue to report that they have observed many COVID cases associated with family and social gatherings, as well as a significant increase in cases associated with long term care and assisted living facilities. We encourage everyone to remain diligent and take appropriate precautions throughout this holiday season.”
The report shows that in the past two weeks, Old Lyme had 34 new confirmed cases while Lyme recorded 11. This report only includes cases and tests among persons residing in community settings; it does not include cases or tests among residents of nursing home, assisted living, or correctional facilities.
It also details that 820 Old Lyme residents had molecular tests and antigen tests in the past two weeks while the equivalent number for Lyme residents was 217.
The report offers this link to the Connecticut COVID Data Portal, which provides centralized access to data on the COVID-19 emergency and response.
The next Weekly Report from LLHD is due Friday, Dec. 25 but will likely be delayed by the holiday.
Neither the LLHD nor the Connecticut Department of Health (CT DPH) reports give any details of the age of those infected, their gender, or the date the case was confirmed.