GREENWICH — Within the largest one-day quantity seen this fall, the Greenwich colleges reported 21 new instances of COVID-19 on Friday, pushing the the whole to greater than 200 instances for the reason that first day of courses and impacting almost each public faculty on the town, in accordance with the district’s on-line tracker.
It was the fourth straight double-digit report, bringing the whole to 52 instances of COVID-19 up to now in December and 204 instances since Sept. 1, in accordance with the district.
There have been 41 lively instances of COVID-19 as of Friday, affecting 14 constructing — each faculty besides North Road and Windrose.
As of Friday, there have been eight lively instances of COVID-19 at Greenwich Excessive; seven instances at Worldwide Faculty at Dundee; 5 instances at Central Center; 4 instances at Riverside; three instances every at Jap Center and Julian Curtiss; two instances every at Glenville, North Mianus and Previous Greenwich; and one every at Cos Cob, Hamilton Avenue, New Lebanon, Parkway and Western Center, in accordance with the tracker.
A complete of 14 instances have been reported Dec. 7, with 17 instances reported on Dec. 3 and 10 instances on Nov. 30, in accordance with the tracker, which the district updates each Tuesday and Friday.
The uptick comes within the weeks following the Thanksgiving holidays, and the college district has seen “that following vacation breaks, constructive instances development up,” in accordance with Jonathan Supranowitz, director of communications for the Greenwich Public Faculties.
There’s a correlation between the elevated variety of COVID-19 instances within the colleges and within the city, the place there have been 98 lively instances reported as of Wednesday, in accordance with the city Well being Division.
There have been additionally 10 sufferers at Greenwich Hospital identified with COVID-19, with one within the intensive care unit as of Wednesday, Hospital President Diane Kelly stated. Of these 10 sufferers, just one had been vaccinated, she stated.
Greenwich Hospital additionally reported it detected its first instances of the omicron variant of COVID-19 at its testing website on Tuesday, however officers stated each instances have been delicate and didn’t require hospitalizations.
One affected person with the omicron variant is from Fairfield County and the opposite is from Westchester County, N.Y., Kelly stated.
“One affected person confirmed no signs, and one had very delicate signs,” she stated.
COVID instances and vaccines
Of the 41 lively instances in Greenwich colleges, 33 instances have been reported amongst college students, 4 instances with lecturers, two instances with non-teaching employees and one case every affecting a service supplier and an administrator, the district stated. Of the lively instances, 19 have been attributed to an infection from household or exterior exercise, 21 have been of undetermined origin and one was as a result of in-school transmission, in accordance with the district.
Because the begin of the college 12 months, a complete of 32 households within the district have reported a number of instances of COVID-19 affecting 72 people, in accordance with the tracker.
The district reported 52 instances of COVID-19 up to now in December, 65 instances in November, 29 instances in October and 58 instances in September, in accordance with the tracker.
The city can also be making ready for extra COVID-19 vaccine clinics for college kids ages 5 to 11 after the federal Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention in early November accepted size-appropriate doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for that age group.
The Connecticut Division of Public Well being and Griffin Hospital held weekend vaccine clinics at three native colleges in November for youngsters within the age 5-to-11 cohort and second doses clinics earlier this month at two colleges. A second-dose clinic shall be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 12 at Julian Curtiss.
Kids may obtain COVID-19 vaccines at some drug shops and pediatricians’ places of work.
A complete of 16.7 % of kids ages 5 to 11 within the city of Greenwich are already totally vaccinated, in accordance with the tracker. At Greenwich Excessive, greater than 83 % of all college students are totally vaccinated, Supranowitz stated. The city stories that 88.6 % of city residents ages 12 to 17 are totally vaccinated.
The state is reporting a complete of two,265 instances of COVID-19 as of Thursday throughout all private and non-private colleges in Connecticut, with 1,881 instances reported amongst college students and 384 instances amongst employees.
Tracker hyperlinks
The web site for the tracker for the Greenwich Public Faculties moved to a brand new location. It may well now be discovered at: www.greenwichschools.org/teaching-learning/special-education/student-support-services/health-services/covid-19/covid-19-tracker-2021-2022-school-year.
The district says it updates the web tracker each Tuesday and Friday to maintain the neighborhood knowledgeable on the pandemic.
For the 2020-21 faculty 12 months, a complete of 697 instances of COVID-19 have been reported throughout the Greenwich faculty district.
