Coronavirus Update- Storm Prep & Case Data
December 15th –In light of Wednesday’s forecasted weather event, Wilton Seniors Drive-Thru Lunch will begin an hour earlier at 10:00 a.m.
Heavy snow with accumulations of over 12 inches is forecasted, along with wind gusts. If you haven’t already done so, please sign-up for alerts and make note of the following information:
- Police department urgent alerts for road closings
- Eversource outage alerts and outage map
- Optimum: Online here or Message at optimum.net/chat or Tweet to @Optimumhelp or call at (866) 950-3278
- SeeClickFix for non-911 emergency issue reporting to the Town
- First Selectwoman storm related and other updates
The following is data, as of 8:30 p.m. last night, from today’s CT DPH report versus yesterday’s December 14th report:
- Wilton: 5 new cases reported. 550 cases YTD.
- Statewide: 1,470 new cases. 5.98% of the 24,580 new tests reported were positive. 155,462 cases YTD.
- Fairfield County: 571 new cases. 48,879 cases YTD.
- Hospitalized Patients: Statewide, 1,269 with a 26-net patient increase. Fairfield County, 303 with a 4-net patient decrease.
- Deaths: Statewide, 5,466 with 22 new deaths. Fairfield County, 1,607 with 5 new deaths. Wilton, 45, with no new deaths.
The following chart shows the distribution of known cases by age for the previous 7-day periods and the first day of this 7-day period.
| Wilton | Dec 15 to | Dec 8 to | Dec 1 to | Nov 24 to | Nov 17 to |
Ages | Population | Dec 21st | Dec 14th | Dec 7th | Nov 30th | Nov 23rd |
0 to 4 | 5% | 0% | 3% | 7% | 0% | 2% |
5 to 14 | 18% | 33% | 3% | 15% | 0% | 12% |
15 to 24 | 13% | 0% | 21% | 24% | 32% | 22% |
25 to 44 | 16% | 33% | 10% | 15% | 23% | 20% |
45 to 65 | 32% | 33% | 55% | 33% | 45% | 36% |
65+ | 16% | 0% | 7% | 7% | 0% | 8% |
The was no change today to CT’s travel advisory.
Please, behave as if you have the virus and as if those around you do as well.
5 W’s
- Watch your distance
- Wear a mask/face covering when you can’t maintain 6 feet of distance whether indoors or outside
- Walk, run or bike to the right in single file when passing another person on the NRVT, sidewalks and trails
- Wait to host indoor gatherings
- Wash your hands
If you have a question, please email me at lynne.vanderslice@wiltonct.org
Lynne Vanderslice
First Selectwoman