LYME/OLD LYME — This afternoon (Jan. 15), Ledge Light Health Department (LLHD) released its latest Weekly COVID-19 Report for the municipalities within their District, which include both Lyme and Old Lyme.
Stephen Mansfield, LLHD Director of Health, prefaces the report with this statement, “As expected, we continue to see an increase in cases within our jurisdiction, due in part to COVID transmissions associated with holiday gatherings.”
The report shows that in the past two weeks from Dec. 27, 2020 to Jan. 9, 2021, COVID Cases in Lyme and Old Lyme have almost doubled in both towns in the past two weeks compared with the previous two-week period.
The detailed numbers are Old Lyme had 53 new cases between 12/27/20 and 1/9/2021, up from 30 in the previous two-week period. Meanwhile Lyme recorded 24 new cases in that period, up from 12 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 987 Old Lyme residents had molecular tests and antigen tests in the past two weeks, up from 847 in the previous two-week period, while the equivalent number for Lyme residents was 333, up from 290 in the previous two-week period.