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Coronavirus Update-Cases, Distribution and Cloth Masks for Seniors

Posted on: April 4, 2020 - 9:08pm

April 4th – As of today, 22,029 residents or only .6% of the State’s population has been tested.  The following is the distribution of positive cases by age, ranked from highest to lowest:

                                  % of Total Positive    % of CT Population

aged 50-59                              21%                             15%

aged 40-49                              17%                             12%

aged 30-39                              16%                             12%

aged 60-69                              15%                             12%

aged 20-29                              12%                             13%

aged 70-79                                8%                               7%

aged 80 and above                   8%                               5%

aged 0 -19                                 3%                              24%

From young adults on up, the virus does not discriminate, so please behave as if you have the virus and as if those around you do as well.

Today’s test results have the last few days looking like a roller coaster. CT DPH reports 5,276 laboratory-confirmed statewide cases with 2,824 or 53% in Fairfield County and 70 in Wilton. You will note that is a one less Wilton case than reported yesterday.  The daily numbers are preliminary and are subsequently corrected. Approximately 5% of total reported cases have not yet been assigned to a municipality, which is one of the reasons we have felt cases are underreported.  Statewide, deaths rose 25% to 165. The number of cases requiring hospitalization increased to 1,033, with 475 in Fairfield County. 

If you have received a confirmed or presumptive positive test and you have not been contacted by the Wilton Health Department, please contact the department. Department members are out in the field, so they can be reached more quickly through email.   https://www.wiltonct.org/health-department

After yesterday’s CDC recommendation to wear cloth face coverings in public, Social Services Director Sarah Heath is asking residents to assist Wilton’s seniors by dropping off homemade cloth masks in the bin in the donation shed in front of Police Headquarters.  Sarah, along with Wilton Helping Hands, will distribute. Thank you in advance for your assistance.  

On Monday evening, the Board of Selectmen will hold our regular meeting at 6:30pm. The closed Zoom meeting, will broadcast live on the Town’s website. Residents can email comments or questions to lori.bufano@wiltonct.org in advance of or during the meeting.  They will be addressed during one of our two public comment periods. Area towns have experienced inappropriate and offensive “zoombombing” during their meetings, as such only members and those presenting will be invited into Zoom. 

The Governor did not issue a new executive order today.

For interested in additional data, the COVID Tracking Project has national and state-by-state statistics. 

If you have any questions, please email the appropriate town department or me.  Email is the preferred means of communication because most employees are working from home.  I have immediate access to my email and try to respond promptly.  If you contact me on Facebook, know that my response will be delayed, as I only check my F S Lynne Vanderslice Facebook account a few times a day. I don’t regularly check Messenger.  

Thank you,

Lynne Vanderslice

First Selectwoman

What should you do to stop the spread?

  • Stay home.
  • Maintain a distance of 6 feet between you and another person.  This standard applies whether inside or outside.
  • Consolidate your shopping and errands to minimize the numbers of days you must leave your home.  
  • Please do not to run to the store every time you hear a delivery has arrived. Widespread overbuying is the major cause of shortages.  With businesses and schools closed and not ordering, new supply chains are open.
  • Take advantage of the delivery options offered by many Wilton businesses.
  • Practice your team sport on your own, not with your teammates.  The internet is full of videos and suggestions on how to do this. 
  • Do walk outside. If your street is walkable, please consider walking there rather than a public trail. When the NRVT parking lot, or that of another trail, is more than 50% full, please find another place to walk.  There are 127 miles of town-owned roads, more than 80 private roads and more than 3 miles of sidewalk on state-owned roads.
  • Please respect the town’s closure of fields and recreation facilities.  

Visual of Connecticut Cases by Town