LYME/OLD LYME — The report issued Thursday, May 13, by the Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH) for the average daily rate of new cases of COVID-19 by town during the past two weeks shows another huge improvement for the state as whole with the number of towns remaining in the Red Zone (indicating the highest COVID-19 new case rates) falling to 26 from last week’s number of 54.
Both Lyme and Old Lyme are now in the Gray (lowest rate) Zone for two-week new case rates. It is the first week for Old Lyme in that Zone but Lyme is in the Gray Zone for a ninth straight week. Fifty one towns are in this zone increasing from 29 last week.
Neither Lyme nor Old Lyme reported any new cases in the May 13 report meaning Lyme holds steady at 107 cases and Old Lyme at 341.
Overall, the number of towns in each zone is shown below with the previous week’s number in parentheses:
- 51 (29) towns are now in the (lowest case rate) Gray Zone
- 51 (31) are in the (lowest but one) Yellow Zone
- 41 (55) are in the (second highest case rate) Orange Zone.
Lyme and Old Lyme join 49 other towns in the Gray (lowest rate) Zone: Andover, Ashford, Avon, Bethany, Bethlehem, Bozrah, Bridgewater, Canaan, Chaplin, Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Colebrook, Cornwall, Darien, Deep River, East Granby, East Haddam, Eastford, Ellington, Essex, Franklin, Granby, Griswold, Guilford, Hampton, Kent, Lyme, Middlefield, Norfolk, North Canaan, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Pomfret, Portland, Preston, Roxbury, Salisbury, Scotland, Sharon, Southbury, Sterling, Union, Warren, Washington, Westbrook, Weston, Westport, Willington, Woodbridge and Woodbury.
The 51 towns in the Yellow (second lowest rate) Zone are: Bethel, Branford, Brookfield, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Canton, Cheshire, Columbia, Coventry, Durham, East Hampton, East Lyme, Easton, Fairfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Greenwich, Haddam, Harwinton, Killingworth, Ledyard, Lisbon, Madison, Mansfield, Milford, Monroe, Montville, New Canaan, New Fairfield, New Hartford, Newington, Newtown, North Branford, Orange, Oxford, Redding, Ridgefield, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, Stonington, Suffield, Thompson, Tolland, Trumbull, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Wilton, Winchester and Woodstock.
The Orange (second highest rate) Zone now has 41 towns : Ansonia, Barkhamsted, Beacon Falls, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bolton, Bristol, Burlington, Cromwell, Danbury, East Windsor, Enfield, Groton, Hebron, Lebanon, Litchfield, Manchester, Marlborough, Middlebury, Middletown, Naugatuck, New Milford, North Haven, Norwalk, Plainfield, Plainville, Putnam, Salem, Shelton, South Windsor, Southington, Stafford, Stamford, Torrington, Voluntown, Wallingford, Waterford, Watertown, Windham, Windsor and Windsor Locks.
- The Gray category is defined as when the Average Daily Rate of COVID-19 Cases Among Persons Living in Community Settings per 100,000 Population By Town is less than five or less than five reported cases.
- The Yellow category is defined as when the Average Daily Rate of COVID-19 Cases Among Persons Living in Community Settings per 100,000 Population By Town is between five and nine reported cases.
- The Orange category is defined as when the Average Daily Rate of COVID-19 Cases Among Persons Living in Community Settings per 100,000 Population By Town is between 10 and 14.
- The Red category is defined as when the Average Daily Rate of COVID-19 Cases Among Persons Living in Community Settings per 100,000 Population By Town exceeds 15.
In all cases, this rate does not include cases or tests among residents of nursing home, assisted living, or correctional facilities.
This report is issued daily, but only updated weekly on Thursdays. The most recent report was updated Thursday, May 13; the next updated report will be issued in the afternoon of Thursday, May 20.
Old Lyme – No Change in Cumulative Cases
The May 13 Daily Data Report for Connecticut for data as at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 12, shows that Old Lyme has a cumulative total (since the outbreak began) of 330 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 11 probable cases, making a TOTAL of 341 cases.
This represents NO CHANGE in the cumulative number of confirmed or probable cases compared with those reported the previous day.
The total number of Old Lyme residents tested is 5,241, an increase of four over the previous day’s number of 5,237.
Lyme – No Change in Cumulative Cases
Lyme has a cumulative total (since the outbreak began) of 99 confirmed cases and 8 probable cases, making a TOTAL of 107 cases.
This represents NO CHANGE in the cumulative number of confirmed or probable cases compared with those reported the previous day.
The total number of Lyme residents tested is 1,406, which represents an increase of six over the previous day’s number of 1,401.
Vaccination Rates
Lyme is ahead of Old Lyme in terms of the percentage of its total population that have received a first dose, with 75.99 (74.65) percent vaccinated compared with 67.08 (65.56) percent in Old Lyme. The previous week’s percentages are shown in parentheses.
The percentages for both towns for the age cohort 65+ are very encouraging with Lyme now having 100 percent of seniors 65 and above fully vaccinated while 98.17 (97.69) percent of the same age cohort are fully vaccinated in Old Lyme.
The percentages for the age cohort 45-64, however, similarly show Lyme with 64.62 (53.91) fully vaccinated while Old Lyme has 59.72 (57.66) percent in that category.
Regarding the age 15-44 cohort, Lyme is in the lead again with 48.8 (37.71) percent fully vaccinated while Old Lyme stands at 43.87 (33.99) percent.
Three Fatalities in Old Lyme Since Pandemic Began, None in Lyme
According to the report mentioned above, there have now been THREE fatalities in Old Lyme. Asked Tuesday, Feb. 9, for details of this third fatality, Ledge Light Health Department Director of Health Stephen Mansfield responded, “We have not been notified of any recent deaths in Old Lyme. Keep in mind that that report is compiled by the Connecticut Department of Public Health; deaths are not reportable to local health districts.”
He added, “I can’t speak for their data sources.”
The two fatalities from Old Lyme previously reported in 2020 were a 61-year-old female and an 82-year-old male.
No fatalities have been reported in Lyme.