“It is critical that we remain diligent …” Stephen Mansfield, LLHD Director of Health
LYME/OLD LYME — Ledge Light Health Department (LLHD) issued their most recent Weekly COVID-19 Report Friday, Dec. 25.
Stephen Mansfield, LLHD Director of Health, prefaces the report with this statement, “We are happy to see a significant decrease in the number of COVID cases in the current reporting period. As we prepare for our vaccination campaign, it is critical that we remain diligent and take appropriate precautions throughout this holiday season. Our contact tracers continue to report that they have observed many COVID cases associated with family and social gatherings.”
The report shows that in the past two weeks, Old Lyme had 27 new cases, down from 34 in the previous two-week period. Meanwhile Lyme recorded 10 new cases, down from 11 in the previous two-week period.
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 815 Old Lyme residents had molecular tests and antigen tests in the past two weeks while the equivalent number for Lyme residents was 226.
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, Jan. 1, 2021.
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.