LYME/OLD LYME — The Daily Data Report issued Tuesday, Aug. 17, by the Connecticut Department of Health shows that Old Lyme reported two new, confirmed COVID-19 case since its previous report 24 hours earlier on Monday, Aug. 16.
This takes Old Lyme’s cumulative total of confirmed cases to 367 while Lyme’s cumulative total holds at 114.
Alex Putterman states in an article published Tuesday morning, Aug. 17, in the Hartford Courant, “COVID-19 positivity [is] over 4% for first time since April.”
Fatalities Due to COVID-19 in Lyme, Old Lyme
There is no change in the number of fatalities reported in either Lyme (0) or Old Lyme (3).
The first two fatalities from Old Lyme, which were reported in 2020, were a 61-year-old female and an 82-year-old male. Details of the third, which was reported in 2021, have not been made available.
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