LYME/OLD LYME — Last Thursday evening (Jan. 21), 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, “We are encouraged to see a moderate decrease in cases, and are hopeful that this trend will continue.”
The report shows, however, that in the past two weeks from Jan. 3 to Jan. 16, 2021, COVID cases in Old Lyme increased in the past two weeks compared with the previous two-week period, while Lyme’s total reflected the decrease Mansfield mentioned.
The detailed numbers are Old Lyme had 60 new cases between 1/3 and 1/16, UP from 53 in the previous two-week period (12/27/20 and 1/9/2021.) Meanwhile Lyme recorded 18 new cases in that period, DOWN from 24 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 1187 Old Lyme residents had molecular tests and antigen tests in the past two weeks, up from 987 in the previous two-week period, while the equivalent number for Lyme residents was 344, up from 333 in the previous two-week period.