Saturday, April 25, 2020

Naugatuck Valley Health District: One more COVID-19 associated death in Shelton


Since our last update on Friday, April 24, Naugatuck Valley Health District (NVHD) has received 9 new reports of laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases across the Valley, bringing the district’s total to 923 cases.
255 (~27%) of the 923 confirmed cases among Valley residents, are individuals who currently reside in a nursing home, assisted living facility, group home, or other similar setting.
83 (~32%) of the 255 individuals have passed away due to COVID-19 complications. 

Today, NVHD learned of one laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 associated death, a 92-year-old female nursing home resident in Shelton. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family.
Statewide COVD-19 data is available at https://portal.ct.gov/coronavirus and is also linked on the NVHD website www.nvhd.org/covid19-data.
As a reminder, all data reported is preliminary and subject to change. Test results may be reported several days after the result. 
Patient information may be updated after results have already been reported. Changes will be reflected in the new daily totals.
NVHD receives data and confirmation reports from the following sources: 
CT Department of Public Health, Hospitals, Health Care Providers, Laboratories, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Sometimes, the local health department receives reports before the State DPH and therefore the numbers reported by NVHD may differ from the daily report on the State of CT website.


Recuperation journey: A trip to Milford


A view of L.I. Sound and Charles Island on a sunny afternoon.


The folks in the boat are definitely practicing social distancing. 


Artfish 42 is a cool art gallery at 42 Naugatuck Ave., at Walnut Beach in Milford. 
I highly recommend you check it out when the quarantine is finally over!

Tomorrow is Ralph's birthday but since we can't go anywhere to celebrate we took a "ride" around the region today, socially distancing of course. 
It's supposed to rain around here tomorrow so we took advantage of some sunshine. He said he enjoyed his present.