“Today’s reported deaths were among Shelton residents who resided in a nursing homes or assisted living facilities,” according to an email from Jessica Stelmaszek, the director of health at the health district.
According to the NVHD, 27 people in Shelton have died since the virus entered Connecticut. Almost all of the deaths have happened in Shelton’s nursing homes or assisted living facilities.
One person from Seymour has died. Officials have not said whether the person was a resident of a nursing home.
As of 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 99 (32 percent) of the 313 confirmed cases among Valley residents, are individuals who currently reside in a nursing home, assisted living facility, group home, or other similar setting.
Click here for a podcast interview with Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti recorded April 6.
Here is the latest data for positive tests in the lower Naugatuck Valley, as of Tuesday evening, April 7:
Ansonia: 41 people
Beacon Falls: 14
Derby: 26
Oxford: Click here.
Seymour: 33 (with one death)
Shelton: 147 people (with 27 deaths)
Statewide, there are 7,781 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19. About 1,300 people have been hospitalized, and 277 people have died.
Gov. Ned Lamont’s Tuesday update is embedded at the top of this story.
According to a website by Johns Hopkins University, 21,800 people in the U.S. have recovered from the virus.
