The college district updates its on-line tracker each Tuesday and Friday, and the reviews of recent circumstances have persistently remained within the single digits since Sept. 28.
This newest report is the primary for the reason that Halloween weekend, when many kids took half in group occasions.
Final Friday, two new circumstances of COVID-19 had been reported within the college district, which adopted 5 circumstances reported on Oct. 26 and 4 circumstances reported on Oct. 22, in response to the net tracker. A complete of 88 circumstances have been reported since lessons started on Sept. 1.
There are at present 5 energetic circumstances of COVID-19 within the district, with three circumstances at Parkway and two at Jap Center, in response to the tracker. All 5 circumstances are amongst college students, with 4 circumstances attributed to household or exterior exercise and one on account of undetermined origin, in response to the district.
Cos Cob College and Windrose/CC haven’t reported any circumstances of COVID-19 this college yr.
Essentially the most circumstances of COVID-19 since Sept. 1 have been reported at Hamilton Avenue with 15 circumstances, North Mianus with 14 circumstances, Greenwich Excessive with 13 circumstances and Glenville with 11 circumstances. These are the one colleges with a complete within the double digits, and not one of the 4 colleges at present are reporting any energetic circumstances.
The overwhelming majority of the 88 circumstances reported this college yr — 72 —had been amongst college students. A complete of 13 households within the college district have seen a number of circumstances of COVID-19, with 31 circumstances reported amongst these households.
Final Friday, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was authorized by the the Meals and Drug Administration to be used in kids ages 5 to 11. The federal Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention is anticipated to grant the identical go-ahead this week. Approval of the vaccine can be the primary on this age group, which incorporates all elementary college college students and a few center schoolers.
It will “make a distinction to have the ability to safely vaccinate the kids,” Greenwich Hospital President Diane Kelly mentioned final week.
As soon as extra kids are vaccinated, “they will have somewhat bit extra confidence as they assimilate themselves again into colleges and different features,” she mentioned. “Having them have the identical form of safety that all of us have, I believe, is actually one thing to rejoice. And I’m very happy each as a registered nurse and well being care govt and as a mom.”
In anticipation of the decreasing of the age for COVID-19 vaccines, the state mentioned it was planning to order 150,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for youngsters. Clinics and docs’ workplace might be getting ready to vaccinate the 5- to 11-year-olds.
“Within the months of September and October, we had 10 complete vaccine clinics at GHS and the three center colleges that had been achieved at the side of the Connecticut Division of Public Well being,” college district Director of Communications Jonathan Supranowitz mentioned.
“We now have instructed our households that Greenwich Hospital alerted us they’ll maintain vaccination clinics for youngsters ages 5 to 11 within the month of November on the hospital and different areas throughout their well being system,” Supranowitz mentioned. “The schedule and appointments might be out there on their web site as soon as the announcement of official approval is made.”
Dana Marnane, vice chairman of public relations at Greenwich Hospital, mentioned they’ll “be prepared as quickly as they are saying ‘Go.’”
The hospital plans to work with pediatricians to get the vaccines to kids when full approval comes, she mentioned.
Statewide as of Oct. 28, Connecticut’s college submission abstract of COVID-19 reported 483 circumstances of COVID-19 amongst college students, lecturers and workers in private and non-private colleges through the week of Oct. 21 by way of Oct. 27.
That’s down barely from the 550 circumstances reported through the week of Oct. 14 by way of Oct. 20. The state updates its colleges COVID-19 knowledge each Thursday.
The Greenwich college district updates its on-line tracker each Tuesday and Friday morning to alert the GPS group about updates on COVID-19. For the 2020-21 college yr, a complete of 697 circumstances of COVID-19 had been reported districtwide.
Prior reporting from workers writers Ken Borsuk and Nicholas Rondinone is included on this story.
