Greenwich Schools See Decline In New COVID-19 Cases: Tracker

GREENWICH, CT — According to the Greenwich Public Schools COVID-19 tracker, 61 new cases were reported around the district on Tuesday. This represents a big decline in cases after a very active beginning to the month of January.

Recent updates are as follows. The tracker updates every Tuesday and Friday:

Jan. 4: 392 new cases
Jan. 7: 348
Jan. 11: 227
Jan. 14: 168
Jan. 18: 71
Jan. 21: 115
Jan. 25: 61

The tracker notes that there are 36 active cases affecting every school in the district with the exception of Cos Cob, Parkway and Hamilton Avenue Schools. Greenwich High School has the most active cases with seven.

Of the 36 actives, 33 are students, two are teachers and one is a service provider.

This month alone, there have been 1,382 COVID-19 cases in Greenwich Public Schools, compared to 700 in all of 2020-2021. This month's uptick came after holiday breaks, and also coincided with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant.

According to Greenwich Hospital President Diane Kelly in last week's Greenwich COVID-19 update, it appears as if Greenwich recently hit its peak in this wave of the pandemic.

Kelly cited wastewater data as an encouraging sign that brighter days are ahead, but she encouraged residents to keep their foot on the pedal and be vigilant against the coronavirus.

View the entire GPS COVID-19 tracker here.