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A screen shot from the Nov. 12 COVID-19 report from the NVHD. Oxford is in the Pomperaug Health District, so it is not included.
The Naugatuck Valley Health District announced the death of a Seymour resident in its latest report on COVID-19 in the lower Valley.
“There was one laboratory confirmed death updated to the district,” according to a statement issued by the NVHD late Thursday (Nov 12). “The decedent was a Seymour resident living in an assisted living facility at the time of death. He was 89 and passed away on Nov. 5. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.”
The NVHD previously reported a probable COVID-19 death of a Seymour resident in his 70s on Oct. 26. Prior to that, a COVID-19 associated or probable death had not been reported locally since July 30.
Connecticut is in its second COVID-19 wave. The NVHD late Thursday reported 192 new COVID-19 cases within its jurisdiction between its last report of Nov. 8 and Nov. 12.
The image at the top of this story shows the total number of positive tests reported in the district since March. The second column shows new cases reported between Nov. 8 and Nov. 12.
Oxford is in the Pomperaug Health District.
The latest NVHD report is embedded at the bottom of this article.
As of Thursday afternoon, all communities in the lower Naugatuck Valley have been deemed COVID-19 “red alert” communities. Click here for a Valley Indy story on the latest data.
Public health officials advise residents to socially distance, wear masks and wash hands.
The Hartford Courant reported Thursday that the virus is spreading in restaurants, private homes and places of worship.
At a press conference Thursday hosted by Gov. Ned Lamont, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the federal Food and Drug Administration, said that Connecticut and the rest of the U.S. should hunker down for a tough two months to come.
He predicted the virus transmission rates will continue to rise as it spreads indoors in the winter months, and likely peak in January.
The U.S. will then be on the downside of the curve heading into spring, at which time transmission rates will naturally fall and more drugs and ideally a vaccine will be available to help.
State officials said this week that Connecticut’s hospitals are ready to deal with an influx of patients.
Gottlieb said Connecticut may do better than other regions in the U.S. over the next two months because the state already experienced a serious wave in March and April, Connecticut residents seem less adverse to rules such as wearing masks and social distancing, and the state is among the top five in the nation in terms of testing.
State officials are urging residents to stay home this Thanksgiving and limit holiday gatherings.
Finally, state officials Thursday announced the release of a smart phone app that, if people opt in to use it, can inform residents if they have been in contact to a person who has tested positive for COVID-19.
On iPhones, make sure your phone has the latest operating system, then check ‘settings’ and then scroll down to ‘exposure notifications.’
Android users can download the COVID Alert CT app from the Google Play store.
Click here for more info on the new app, which is already in use in other states.
Click here for the latest statewide COVID-19 data.
NVHD COVID-19 Update – November 12 2020 by The Valley Indy on Scribd