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OLD LYME/LYME — This afternoon Ledge Light Health District (LLHD) has reported another confirmed case of COVID-19 in Old Lyme in their COVID-19 summary for the week ending Oct. 9. This latest case is a 25-year-old female.
This takes the total number of cases in Old Lyme to 29 including two fatalities. The number of surviving cases in Old Lyme now comprises 14 males and 15 females ranging in age from 19- to 82-years-old. The two fatalities were a 61-year-old female and an 82-year-old male.
Ledge Light Health District does not report any new cases in Lyme in this afternoon’s summary, where nine cases comprising four females and five males ranging in age from one- to 68-years-old have been reported to date. There have been no fatalities in Lyme.
This afternoon’s report, which covers all the towns in the LLHD and includes Lyme and Old Lyme, is prefaced with these words, “As you will see, new cases continue to rise. Although there is no singular reason for this increase, our contact tracers continue to report that they have observed many instances of family and social gathering connections. Cases associated with institutions (schools, long-term care facilities, etc.) remain relatively low.”
Ledge Light Health District states their data may conflict with what DPH reports on their website, as there is often a delay in posting data at the state level. The data LLHD reports is current as of noon on the Friday on which it is issued.
Gender and age details of the confirmed cases in Lyme to date are:
- Male, age 34
- Female, age 61
- Female, age 34
- Male, age 1
- Male, age 34
- Male, age 20
- Male, aged 68
- Female, age 21
- Female, age 62
To demonstrate the growth in confirmed COVID-19 cases in Old Lyme, the table below is a summary of the cases that LymeLine.com has reported since March 31 when the first case was announced and also includes both fatalities.
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Details of all Old Lyme’s confirmed surviving cases to date are as follows:
- Female, age 64
- Female, age 21
- Male, age 27
- Female, age 53
- Female, age 61
- Female, age 29
- Male, age 40
- Male, age 53
- Female, age 60
- Male, age 45
- Female, age 20
- Female, age 43
- Female, age 48
- Male, age 70
- Male, age 67
- Female, age 68
- Male, age 50
- Male, age 21
- Female, age 48
- Female, age 34
- Male, age 20
- Male, age 28
- Male, age 74
- Male, age 61
- Female, age 19
- Male, age 31
- Female
Old Lyme First Selectman Timothy Griswold has previously noted that the 21-year-old female with a confirmed case (#2 in the list immediately above) was tested in Florida, but used an Old Lyme address although she does not live here. Because she gave the Old Lyme address, Griswold said that LLHD must report her as an Old Lyme resident.
Residents and businesses are urged to access up-to-date information regarding the pandemic from reputable sources including the Ledge Light Health District website (www.llhd.org), Facebook (@LedgeLightHD), Twitter (@LedgeLightHD), and Instagram (@LedgeLightHD).
Editor’s Note: Ledge Light Health District (LLHD) serves as the local health department in southeast Connecticut for the towns of Lyme and Old Lyme as well as East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, New London, North Stonington, Stonington and Waterford. As a health district, formed under Connecticut General Statutes Section 19a-241, LLHD is a special unit of government, allowing member municipalities to provide comprehensive public health services to residents in a more efficient manner by consolidating the services within one organization.
Denison, a resident who lives on Lyme Street, has a letter-sized plexiglass frame on the stonewall in front of her house which she uses every single day to display a new joke. For the month of October, her jokes have been Halloween-themed, and she plans to switch to Thanksgiving jokes in November.
