LYME/OLD LYME — The Daily Data Report issued Friday, Oct. 1, at 4 p.m. by the Connecticut Department of Health shows one new confirmed COVID-19 case in Old Lyme taking the cumulative total for the town to 427.
No new cases were reported in Lyme where the cumulative total of cases remains at 129. That number has been unchanged since Sept. 13.
The state does not issue reports over the weekend. Its next report will be Monday, Oct. 4, at around 4 p.m..
On Aug. 26, Old Lyme’s cumulative case total stood at 372, meaning there have been 55 new cases there since that date. Meanwhile, Lyme’s cumulative total on Aug. 26 was 114 indicating 15 new cases have also been confirmed there during the same period.
Lyme-Old Lyme Schools started the new academic year Aug. 26.
COVID-19 Cases in Lyme-Old Lyme Schools
This is the latest information that we have with the most recent cases first — we believe there have been further updates, however, which we have not yet received.
On Thursday, Sept. 16, Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Superintendent Ian Neviaser informed the school community that a previously reported positive case of COVID-19 is now impacting Mile Creek School and Center School.
On Monday, Sept. 13, a positive case of COVID-19 impacting Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School, which had been reported the previous day, was announced.
On Wednesday, Sept. 1, a positive case of COVID-19 impacting Mile Creek School was announced.
On Tuesday, Aug. 31, Neviaser informed the school community that late on Monday, Aug. 30, a positive case of COVID-19 impacting Lyme-Old Lyme High School had been reported.
On Saturday, Aug. 28, Neviaser informed the school community that late on Friday, Aug. 27, a positive case of COVID-19 impacting Lyme School had been reported.
In all cases, contact tracing was completed and those individuals who needed to quarantine were notified. They will be able to return to school following their quarantine period. All other students and staff will continue to attend school as scheduled.
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.
Visit this link for our Sept. 30 update, which includes statewide data.
Looking at the national data, I am very troubled with the October 1st report that the United States has reached a shocking milestone, 700,000 COVID deaths. Johns Hopkins reports that it took less than four months to go from 600,000 to 700,000 deaths. Incredibly, an estimated 70 million eligible Americans remain unvaccinated, and it’s that group that is driving the rampant spread of the virus.
To put this in perspective, and I hate this type of comparison, it’s like wiping out more than the entire population of Boston (est. 692,000).
I am glad that CT leadership has addressed this public health catastrophe as an extraordinary threat. However, we do not yet know what the late fall and winter months will bring; so, it remains prudent to continue to wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status; avoid dense crowds; and get the children vaccinated, when our public health professionals “give us the nod”.