On Friday, six new instances have been reported, making for a complete of eight instances reported this week, the identical quantity as final week, in accordance with the district.
A complete of 69 instances of COVID-19 have been reported amongst college students, academics and employees for the reason that begin of lessons Sept. 1.
Eight of these instances have been thought-about energetic as of Friday, with three instances linked to exterior actions or household contact and 5 instances of undetermined origin, the district reported. Of the eight energetic instances, 4 contain college students, two influence academics and two have an effect on service suppliers, in accordance with the tracker.
5 faculty buildings are at present impacted by COVID-19, in accordance with the district, with three energetic instances at Glenville, two at Hamilton Avenue and one case every at Jap Center, Greenwich Excessive and Previous Greenwich.
Among the many 69 whole instances of COVID-19 reported since lessons started, 40 have been linked to household or exterior exercise, 26 have been of undetermined origin and three have been due to in-school contact, in accordance with the district.
The most recent report continues the downward development of recent instances reported. Solely two instances have been reported on Tuesday. Three new instances have been reported final Friday on the tracker, in contrast with 5 new instances reported on Sept. 28, for a complete of eight instances final week, in accordance with the district.
The gradual price of COVID-19 instances within the colleges was reported as a coverage took impact final month at Greenwich Public Faculties that requires all district workers to both be vaccinated or endure weekly testing for COVID-19.
“Our employees is now 100% in compliance,” Jonathan Supranowitz, district spokesperson, mentioned Friday. “For people who have chosen to supply a damaging check, they might want to do all of it once more on Monday.”
As of Wednesday, Supranowitz mentioned, solely 9 of the district’s 2,000 workers had not complied with Gov. Ned Lamont’s govt order calling for all faculty employees throughout the state to be vaccinated by Sept. 27 or endure weekly testing.
Of the 9 workers who had not been vaccinated or turned in COVID-19 checks, none was outlined as an “unwillingness to conform.”
“For some, it might be that they have been examined and didn’t get their end result returned in time,” Supranowitz mentioned earlier this week. These workers have been positioned on unpaid go away till they have been compliant, he mentioned.
In Greenwich, any employees members who don’t proceed to adjust to the manager order shall be positioned on unpaid go away for a most of 5 days. In the event that they haven’t been vaccinated or endure weekly checks, the district will start the method of terminating their employment.
The college district updates its on-line tracker each Tuesday and Friday morning to alert the GPS neighborhood about updates on COVID-19. Constructive instances have been recorded and up to date on the tracker since faculty started.
As of Oct. 7, Connecticut’s faculty submission abstract of COVID-19 reported 601 instances of COVID-19 in private and non-private colleges statewide in the course of the week of Sept. 30 by way of Oct. 6. That’s down barely from 686 from Sept. 23 by way of Sept. 29, which was an enormous drop from the 855 instances the week earlier than that. The state updates its colleges COVID-19 information each Thursday.
A 12 months in the past, the primary confirmed COVID-19 case in Greenwich Public Faculties got here in mid-September and, till late October, instances remained within the single digits districtwide. For the 2020-21 faculty 12 months, a complete of 697 instances of COVID-19 have been reported districtwide.
Underneath an govt order from Gov. Ned Lamont, masks are required for everybody, no matter immunization standing, in colleges statewide till at the least Feb. 15. The legislature final month granted an extension of the governor’s emergency powers protecting COVID-19 — and the mandates now in place.
